Column Drum

E13576.6

From: Egypt | Memphis (Egypt)

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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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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