TAA i.3.7.2

Of particular interest are the inscriptions – the designations

and names of the king – upon the back-panel of this chair. First

of all, below the Aten disc are the two cartouches containing the

Aten apellations^sic. These are phrased in the later form and may be 

translated: “Re lives, Ruler of the Horizon, who rejoices on the

Horizon in his name ‘Re, the Father, who has returned as Aten.’”

Inlaid on either side of the Nekhebet vulture are the prenomen and

Aten nomen of the king – Neb.kheperu.Re Tut.ankh.Aten, surmounted

by simple carnelian discs. Below, upon the ivory and ebony panels,

we find various designations of the king giving the Aten and Amen

forms of his nomen. These inscriptions are in their pristine state

– in all cases the Aten form of the nomen remains unchallenged.

The chair is thus an important historical document with regard to

the politico-religious vacillations of the reign. Its character-

istics seem to be those of the El Amarna workshops, and from the

fact the Aten and <the> Amen element occur<s> side by side, it would appeat/<r>

that the king’s return to the older faith was gradual in transition

and not spontaneous.

          Behind, to give rigidity to this folding-stool form of chair,

upright supporting laths are fixed to the back-panel, the seat, and

the lower foot-bar. The upper rail and supporting laths of the 

back-panel are also inscribed with designations of the king which

include both the Aten and the Amen form<s> of his name. The back of

the panel is overlaid with thin sheet gold, and upon it, finely em-

bossed, is a large vulture with drooping wings, surmounted by the

sky-sign, the uzat-eyes and <the epithet> nefer nefru.