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- Title
ZUR DARSTELLUNG EINES KÖNIGS MIT KRANKHAFTEM BEINBEFUND AUF DEM RELIEF "SPAZIERGANG IM GARTEN".
- Authors
Zahradnik, Eveline
- Abstract
The relief Berlin 15000 from the Amarna Period, known as 'The Stroll in the Garden' most likely shows Tutankhamun with an injury of the left leg. According to a specialist in accident surgery who also practices sports medicine, the relief shows a man leaning on an auxiliary crutch whose left leg seems to be injured, as he is holding the crutch on his right side. This assumption is further strengthened by the fact that in 2005, a new CT scan of the mummy of Tutankhamun diagnosed a fracture of the left leg. Tutankhamun was also the sole king to be represented with sticks in his hands, and a high number of sticks were among his grave goods. I elaborate on the unusual representation of a young king holding a staff and the potential medical consequences and complications of a broken leg.
- Subjects
TUTANKHAMEN, King of Egypt, fl. ca. 1400 B.C.-ca. 1301 B.C.; SPORTS medicine; RELIEF (Sculpture); LEG injuries; DIAGNOSTIC imaging; MUMMIES; FIGURATIVE art
- Publication
PalArch's Journal of Archaeology of Egypt/Egyptology, 2009, Vol 6, Issue 8, p1
- ISSN
1567-214X
- Publication type
Article