The Stroll in the Garden

King Tut with Cane - Stroll in the Garden - Egyptian Museum Berlin

Key Dates
BC

From the Amarna Period.

Key People
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‘The Stroll in the Garden’ (Spaziergang im Garten) 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. Tutankhamun was the sole king to be represented with sticks in his hands, and a high number of sticks were among his grave goods (see Eveline Zahradnik's paper in PalArch).

In a recent study it was found that King Tut had a club foot and suffered from Kohler's disease (where a lack of bloodflow leads to degradation of the bones), making it all the more likely the royal couple depicted on this stela is Tutankhamun and Ankhesenamen. Other nominees were Semenkare & Meritaton as well as Akhenaton & Nefertiti.

Purchased at Giza in 1900, the stele is now part of the collection of the Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection Berlin.

Origin & Collection
On display at: 
Neues Museum
Reference Number: 
Inv. Nr. 15000
Physical properties
Width: 
19.50cm
Height: 
24.00cm
Materials: 
Limestone
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