Sujet
Talatat: Men Hoeing the Earth, c. 1353-1347 BC. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Talatat: Men Hoeing the Earth, c. 1353-1347 BC. In the early part of his reign, Amenhotep IV built an enormous temple to the sun disk (Aten) at the east end of the temple of Karnak. To expedite construction, sandstone was quarried in small, regularly sized, easily manageable blocks called talatat. Unlike the huge monoliths typically used in temple construction, talatat could be carried and moved into position by one man. Not all of the temple was built of stone, however. In this block, workmen are shown bent in toil. They once formed part of a panoramic scene depicting the production of mud bricks. The men are involved in the initial stages of this process: hacking up the earth and gathering the raw clay. It is very likely that this talatat represents a distinct historical event, undoubtedly connected with Amenhotep IV?s huge building enterprises at East Karnak.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19G09_124
Model release
NA
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
38,6Mo (5,3Mo) / 44,6cm x 21,7cm / 5272 x 2562 (300dpi)