Door Lintel
E13560A
From: Egypt | Memphis (Egypt)
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| Object Number | E13560A |
| 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 | Carved on the lintel of the doorway are the King's four names that appear betwee 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. The multimedia photo includes the two door jamb E13560 B & C |
| Length | 224.99 cm |
| Credit Line | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1924 |
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