Door Jamb
E13554B
From: Egypt | Memphis (Egypt)
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| Object Number | E13554B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Egypt | Memphis (Egypt) |
| Locus | Palace of Merenptah 6-10 |
| Period | New Kingdom | Nineteenth Dynasty |
| Date Made | 1292 - 1190 BCE |
| Section | Egyptian |
| Materials | Limestone | Faience |
| Technique | Inlaid |
| Description | Limestone with faience inlay. The inscriptions on the jamb link the king, Merenptah with the sun god. All of the hieroglyphs were originally inlaid with the blue faience.This jamb has been combined with E 13553 and E 13554 A to form a doorway. |
| Credit Line | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1924 |
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