Door Jamb
E13552B
From: Egypt | Memphis (Egypt)
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| Object Number | E13552B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Egypt | Memphis (Egypt) |
| Locus | Palace of Merenptah 5-2 |
| Period | New Kingdom | Nineteenth Dynasty |
| Date Made | 1292 - 1190 BCE |
| Section | Egyptian |
| Materials | Limestone | Faience |
| Technique | Inlaid |
| Description | Limestone door jamb. The inscriptions on the jamb link the king, Merenptah with the sun god. All of the hieroglyphs were originally inlaid with blue faience. There is a socket in the jamb for the door bolt.This jamb has been combined with E 13557 which is the lintel. It bore the number [see card] of the temporary register of the Cairo Museum. |
| Height | 241.3 cm |
| Width | 43.18 cm |
| Depth | 27.94 cm |
| Credit Line | Received from the Service des Antiquites, Egypt, 1924 |
| Other Number | CG2015-9-372 - Associated Object Number | CG2015-9-373 - Associated Object Number | CG2015-9-374 - Associated Object Number |
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