(Somewhat idealized portrait of the king; please note that this same image has also been argued to be that of Smenkhkare. Compare with Berlin No. 21348, which is also the head of a "young/idealized king")
ref.: July 4, 2000, "Head or Death mask from Amarna"
1) Aegyptisches Museum (Berlin) No. 21340 (called "Head of Akhenaten" by
Aldred in _Akhenaten and Nefertiti_ (1973), No. 94).
(Somewhat idealized
portrait of the king; please note that this same image has also been argued to
be that of Smenkhkare. Compare with Berlin No. 21348, which is also the head of
a "young/idealized king")
2) Aegyptisches Museum (Berlin) No. 21351 (Called "Head of a King" by Aldred
in _Akhenaten and Nefertiti_ (1973), No. 95).
(Showing an older and more
"weary" portrait of a king, which Aldred describes as Akhenaten "...in the last
years of his reign." This is the one that, IMO, according to your description
appears to "...looks like a battered version of one of the unfinished heads of
Nefertiti.")
3) Aegyptisches Museum (Berlin) No. 21350 (Called "Portrait Mask of a Man" by
Aldred in _Akhenaten and Nefertiti_ (1973), No. 108)
(This head as Akhenaten
is quite debatable, although it has more of a "death mask" quality than the
first two, which is why I include it as a *possible* portrait. It has been
proposed by Aldred to represent one of Akhenaten's entourage, and possibly
specific to Ay).
Images rendered from several sources.
Katherine Griffis-Greenberg
grifcon@mindspring.com