Column Drum
E13576.6
From: Egypt | Memphis (Egypt)
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
Object Number | E13576.6 |
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 | Sixth drum of the eastern column of the South Portal. At the upper edge of this drum are the terminal borderlines of the texts recording the king's titulary appearing above on E13576.5. Below this is a horizontal line of rekhyt birds sitting upon neb-baskets, centered on the western column of text. Below this are a series of horizontal bands, surmounting a stylized serekh motif. Between each coffer is a standing male figure labeled with a toponym. These figures also face toward the western face of the column. The base belonging to this column was left in Egypt. |
Height | 113.03 cm |
Length | 105.41 cm |
Width | 105.41 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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