This limestone stela shows King Akhenaten and his family as a "Holy Family." It is considered to be an icon and was intended to be kept in a private chapel of an Amarna house. The stela, topped by the cavetto cornice, is decorated with a scene of an intimate moment from the daily life of the royal family under the protection of Aten. A cavetto is a concave molding with a cross section that approximates a
quarter circle. 
Facing each other, the royal couple is seated on stools
covered with cushions. Between them stands their eldest daughter
Meritaten, while the younger daughters are seen on their mother's lap. Akhenaten is portrayed with his characteristic features. He is depicted wearing the Blue Crown and a pleated kilt. Queen Nefertiti is shown wearing her characteristic high crown and a traditional long robe that is held in place with a belt.
Here we see a traditional scene of adoration of the god Aten by the
royal family. King Akhenaten is represented with his physical
deformities, offering two bouquets of lotus flowers to the Aten who is
represented as a sun disk with rays dominating the scene. The rays terminate in hands holding the ankh sign, symbol of life, in
front of the nostrils of the king and the queen.
Akhenaten is followed
by his wife Queen Nefertiti who performs the same act of adoration and
offering to Aten. Their eldest daughters are shown behind Meritaten and Mekitaten, who
died young, as is touchingly shown on the reliefs that are still visible
in the tomb of the royal family from which this slab was taken.