#meketaten

[geraldofallon]

Fallen London’s True Identities

Meketaten as the Obstinate Adoratrice

[rayless-reblogs]

Egyptologists are fairly certain about [Akhenaten's] six daughters, who are well attested in contemporary depictions. Among his six daughters, Meritaten was born in regnal year one or five; Meketaten in year four or six; Ankhesenpaaten, later queen of Tutankhamun, before year five or eight; Neferneferuaten Tasherit in year eight or nine; Neferneferure in year nine or ten; and Setepenre in year ten or eleven.

Bust of a young woman possibly a daughter of Akhenaten or an Amarna princess in the court of King Smenkhkare or Tutankhamun, Egypt (c.1360-1350 BC.)

#iregipto #egyptpassion #mbplanet #history #historic #luxor #tutankhamun https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf-Td-0Ljrp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[egypt-museum]

Head of Amarna Princess, probably Meritaten

This yellow-brown quartzite head of a princess is probably Meritaten, the eldest daughter of Akhenaten. It was excavated by the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft in 1912 in a studio of the chief sculptor Thutmose at Tell el-Amarna.

The head is from a composite statue where different pieces were sculpted separately and joined together. The skull is elongated and the features include protruding eyes, thick lips, and large ears. The style belongs to the middle period between the early Amarna style with its exaggerated deformation and the later return to convention.

Her name means “She who is beloved of Aten”; Aten being the sun-deity whom her father, King Akhenaten, worshipped. Her sisters are Meketaten, Ankhesenpaaten, Neferneferuaten Tasherit, Neferneferure, and Setepenre. She was married to King Smenkhkare.

New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, Amarna Period, ca. 1353-1336 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 44869

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[tiny-librarian]

An image, sadly damaged, of Meketaten from her tomb at Amarna. She was the second of six daughters born to Akhenaten and Nefertiti.

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[asynfulsoul]

I've been digitally painting a bunch of the Amarna period Royals based on what statues and works have been found of them (They'll be posted as they're finished).

The reference image said this was Meritaten, but just how sure historians are of that seems abiguous. I'll run with either Meritaten or Meketaten, daughter's of Akhenaten and Nefertiti :)

I did a traditional mixed media version of this, which can be found here. You can find my painting of Pharaoh Akhenaten in this series here.

[historicwomendaily]

the known daughters of pharaoh akhenaten

[worldhistoryfacts]

The writing palette and brushes of Princess Meketaten, 1300s BCE. Meketaten was the daughter of the Pharaoh Akhenaten and his wife Nefertiti. She seems to have died as a child or young teenager.

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[siriusbstellar]

Love He !! 

AnkhEnAten   “ Honor is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it.”

Before the fifth year of his reign, he was known as Amenhotep IV

Consort

Nefertiti

Kiya

An unidentified sister-wife (most likely) Tadukhipa

Children

Smenkhkare?

MeritAten

MeketAten

AnkhesenAmun

NeferneferuAten Tasherit

NeferNeferure

SetepenRe

Tutankhamun (most likely)

Ankhesenpaaten Tasherit?

Meritaten Tasherit?

Father  Amenhotep III

Mother  Queen Tiye

[bm-ancient-art]

Princess Meketaten, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E., Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Fragmentary quartzite torso of Princess Meketaten. Left arm held under breasts. Inscribed plinth at back. Condition: Head missing. Body and arms chipped. Legs missing. Size: 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg) Medium: Quartzite

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/3133

[rudjedet]

Hey Sonja, what do you think of Amarna's art style? I've read some Egyptologists (Cyril Aldred & Erik Hornung) who praise it because it openly portrays affection between the royal family like the grief depictions in Meketaten's death chamber. But Egyptologist Donald Redford criticizes the art bc it depicts Akhenaten as lazy, lounging around, etc. Sorry if this is out of your expertise! My professor never gave her opinion after asking us to read the articles and I wanted to get another view on it

I don’t have an opinion on Amarna’s art style per se, and certainly not one that qualifies it as better or worse than the styles of other Egyptian historical periods. Criticising art styles of (long-dead) societies when you aren’t a member of that particular society seems a moot activity because what I, personally, like or dislike about it doesn’t matter.

Generally when discussing ancient art styles you should be talking about how they would have been perceived by the public of the time, how they’re objectively different from previous or subsequent styles, what this evolution of style (may have) meant, and the effects, if any, it had on the general style going forward. 

So I love talking about how you can see the effects of Amarna art in post-Amarna art, and how dating reliefs that don’t have a regnal year or pharaonic cartouche inscribed is possible because of certain stylistic markers (such as neck folds, slightly protruding bellies). But if I was writing up an entry for a museum catalogue, I wouldn’t say “this relief depicts the deceased in a much prettier/better way than Egyptians did before this”. I can have that opinion in my personal life (and there are definitely Egyptian art styles I think are aesthetically pleasing and would classify as more favourite than others) but again, it doesn’t matter professionally beyond it being an aspect of Egyptian culture I might specialise in.

Obviously I’ll poke fun at Third Intermediate Period attempts at using the archaic grid and failing rather hilariously at it, and go “damn Phucknugget had some hips on him” in my own time. And I certainly don’t mind Amarna art, it’s just that like the entire period I’m not at all interested in it beyond that it happened and had effects. 

[castelmelogramo]

Monoteistična faraonska sveta družina. Nefertiti, Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) in njune tri hčere: Meritaten, Meketaten, Ankhesenpaaten (Ankhesenamun) Amarnski slog. Spremeba. . . . . House Altar depicting Akhenaten, Nefertiti and Three of their Daughters, limestone, New Kingdom, Amarna period, 18th dynasty, c.1350 BCE (Ägyptisches Museum/Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin). (at Neues Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/BriEZ4QheG7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=9x4717er4xuk

[tiny-librarian]

The princesses are represented wearing a full-length tight dress with a shawl  and with a representational transparent robe in other representations. The knot is under the right breast with a tassel in a wavy line. The princesses wear the same clothing as that of their mother. Although they are children still wearing the “sidelock of youth”, they are depicted in adult clothing. The princesses are here represented differently from the standard iconography of childhood representations, departing from the norms of depictions of children of their age, creating the model of how an Amarna royal princess should be viewed in the eyes of her people. The royal artists applied presumably a master program even to the royal children, adhering to their king’s overall conceptualization and revolutionary ideas in order to help him spread the word of the Aten and his legacy.

Amarna Royal Clothing, Tradition and Adaptation

[asynfulsoul]

Probably the favourite out of all these Amarna Royals portraits I've been doing. This time Nefertiti! I polished this one a little more and now I'm wishing I'd done the others the same way. Hindsight, or an excuse to make more ;D The others I have done can be found here and here, with a traditional take on the latter here.

[generalcatchopshop]

The writing palette and brushes of Princess Meketaten, 1300s...

The writing palette and brushes of Princess Meketaten, 1300s…

The writing palette and brushes of Princess Meketaten, 1300s BCE. Meketaten was the daughter of the Pharaoh Akhenaten and his wife Nefertiti. She seems to have died as a child or young teenager. {WHF} {HTE} {Medium}

[emthehistorygirl]

Hey, what are your thoughts on Queen Nefertiti? She's so interesting but so elusive? Do you think she was a passive pawn following her husband, or an idealist Aten-worshipper or a cold and scheeming oportunist going with the tide? Do you think that she was the "King Smenkhara" who ruled after Akhenaten, as some historians suggest? Or do you think she was the mysterious Queen who wrote the infamous Dakhamunzu letters, inviting a foreign enemy prince to marry her? How do you think she died?

Wow.  You have asked every major question that historians have puzzled over since the issues of the Amarna Period came to light.  My own opinion on this period is pretty fluid, the lack of evidence means nothing is certain.  What I am certain about is that I am fond of Nefertiti as a historical personality, I adore how visually she is one of the most recognisable figures in the Ancient World (from her famous statue) yet we know so little about her.

I certainly don't think Nefertiti was a passive pawn, her representation is so prominent that I (emphasis on I, this is by no means a fact or concrete) believe that she was a dominant figure in the religious and political goings on of the Empire.

Her personal feelings toward Aten and the new religion can only be assumed.  She appears to have held high position in this new religion and her daughters have been named for this god; Meritaten, Meketaten, Ankhesenpaaten and Neferneferuaten Tasherit.  I certainly believe that ‘going with the tide’ so to speak in regards to Akhenaten’s reforms was the surest way of survival.

I don't think Nefertiti was Smenkhkare, it certainly is an attractive theory and I am open to Nefertiti changing her name and transitioning in her role.

Ironically, most historians flatly state that Ankhesenamun wrote the letters to the Hittite King.  However, these letters are not signed by a particular Queen and can be attributed to Nefertiti, Meritaten or Ankhesenamun.  This revelation makes it tricky for me to pin point who wrote the letter, however, I don't think it was Nefertiti.

How did Nefertiti die? Most fiction attributes a grizzly death to Nefertiti, and in such a tumultuous time of so much drastic change it makes sense.  However, so does a death from some sort of plague, or even childbirth.

[ir-egipto-travel]

A boundary stela at Amarna, depicting the pharaoh Akhenaten and his wife Queen Nefertiti. In front of the King is an offering table while behind him are his wife, Nefertiti and their two eldest daughters, Merytaten and Meketaten. Above Akhenaten is the god Aten, represented as a solar disk with rays of sunlight ending in hands. The King wears the Kheperesh headress and is shown with the huge hips and large belly that is so typical of Amarna art. Nefertiti is shown wearing a crown with two feathers and a horned disk. #egyptpassion #egypt #iregipto #amarna #elminya