Akhenaten and his wife Queen Nefertiti are shown seated on cushioned stools bearing the sema-tawy symbol. Between them stands their eldest daughter, Meritaten and the younger daughters Meketaten and Ankhesenpaaten sit on Nefertiti’s lap. Above the royal family is the red disk of the sun god Aten, whose rays reach out towards the family and end in hands holding Ankhs, the symbol of life.