Door Frame

E13560C

From: Egypt | Memphis (Egypt)

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E13560C
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Memphis (Egypt)
Locus Palace of Merenptah 11-12
Period New Kingdom | Nineteenth Dynasty
Date Made 1292 - 1190 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Limestone | Faience
Technique Inlaid
Description

The inscription on the door jamb link the king, Merenptah, with the sun god. All of the hieroglyphs were originally inlaid with blue faience. the multimedia photo includes E 13560A & B.

Height 232.79 cm
Credit Line The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1924

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