Lintel
| Object Number: | E1823 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Egypt (Mummies Gallery) Currently On Display |
| Provenience: | Egypt Upper Egypt Thebes (Egypt) |
| Locus: | Ramesseum (Reuse) |
| Period: | New Kingdom Eighteenth Dynasty Tuthmosis III |
| Date Made: | 1479-1458 BCE |
| Early Date: | -1479 |
| Late Date: | -1458 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Limestone |
| Iconography: | Sun Disk Cartouche |
| Inscription Language: | Hieroglyphic |
| Height: | 55.9 cm |
| Length: | 116.8 cm |
| Width: | 0 cm |
| Depth: | 12.7 cm |
| Credit Line: | Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account, 1896 |
| Other Number: | ES 1823 - Original Number |
Description
Lintel with winged sun disk and three lines of inscription. The cartouches of Tuthmosis III and defaced catouches of Queen Hatshepsut. Probably from Funerary Chapel of Nekht-ef-Nut.
Three lines of inscription:
On the Left: Live Horus-Mighty-Bull appearing in Thebes given life / Perfect god [Makare] beloved of Amun / Live Son of Re [Hatshepsut] like Re forever!
On the right: Live Horus-Mighty-Bull appearing in Thebes given life / Perfect god Menkheperre, beloved of Maat / Live Son of Re Thutmose-Lord of Maat, like Re forever!
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Upper Egyptian Gallery (2006) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Silverman, David P. 1997. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum.. Cornell University Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 162-63 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Quibell, James E. 1898. The Ramesseum.. Egyptian Research Account 2. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 5 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Moss, Rosalind L., and Porter, Bertha. 1964. The Theban Necropolis.. Clarendon Press. Vol. 2. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 443 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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