Door Frame

E13569

From: Egypt | Memphis (Egypt)

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E13569
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Memphis (Egypt)
Locus Palace of Merenptah , south Portal
Period New Kingdom | Nineteenth Dynasty
Date Made 1292 - 1190 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Limestone
Description

Door jamb with incised representation of Ptah, patron god of Memphis. Ptah is shown in his standard form as a mummified human male wearing a distinctive close-fitting skull cap. His eye was inlaid originally, perhaps with faience, and has fallen out.

Height 57.8 cm
Width 56.5 cm
Depth 15.1 cm
Credit Line The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1924

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