Column Drum

E13576.4

From: Egypt | Memphis (Egypt)

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E13576.4
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Memphis (Egypt)
Locus South Portal
Period New Kingdom | Eighteenth Dynasty
Date Made 1539 -1292 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Limestone
Description

Fourth drum from the top of the eastern column from the South Portal. The decoration begins just below the scene of the king offering Maat to the got Ptah appearing on E13576.2 and 13576.3 above. Four columns of text continue the titulary from the upper portion of the column (E13576.2). The upper portions of Merenptah's cartouche can be seen at the bottom of each column. This drum is friable and the stone is somewhat fragmentary.

Height 71.12 cm
Length 104.14 cm
Width 104.14 cm
Credit Line The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1924
Other Number E13576A - Old Museum Number

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