Door Frame

E10987.3

From: Sudan | Nubia | Buhen

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E10987.3
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Sudan | Nubia | Buhen
Locus North Temple | Doorway between rooms E and D
Period Eighteenth Dynasty | New Kingdom
Date Made 1539-1292 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Sandstone
Iconography Horus | Min
Inscription Language Hieroglyphic
Description

Sandstone Gateway from the North Temple at Buhen. This doorway was set up by Thury (Twrj), a viceroy of Buhen. The decoration is crude. This is the lower half of the left hand jamb, which has the concluding portion of the dedication text.

Height 23 cm
Length 115 cm
Width 25 cm
Credit Line The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Nubia, Buhen; D. Randall-MacIver and C. L. Wooley, 1910

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