Object Number | E13553 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Egypt | Memphis (Egypt) |
Locus | Palace of Merenptah 7-14 |
Period | New Kingdom | Nineteenth Dynasty |
Date Made | 1292 - 1190 BCE |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Limestone | Faience |
Technique | Inlaid | Gilded |
Inscription Language | Hieroglyphic |
Description | Limestone with faience inlay and traces of gilding. Carved on the lintel are the King's four names that appear between the symbolic plants of Upper and Lower Egypt. Patron goddesses of Egypt surmount the scene. .All the hieroglyphs were originally inlaid with blue faience. The winged sun disk was decorated in gold, each feather inlaid with faience and outlined in gold. This lintel has been combined with E 13554 A-B to form a doorway. |
Credit Line | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1924 |
Other Number | E13554 A-B - Associated Object Number |
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