Plaque
| Object Number: | E10755 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Sudan Nubia Buhen |
| Locus: | K8 |
| Period: | Middle Kingdom Twelfth Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 1938- 1759 BCE |
| Early Date: | -1939 |
| Late Date: | -1758 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Faience |
| Inscription Language: | Hieroglyphic |
| Height: | 11.43 cm |
| Length: | 18.41 cm |
| Width: | 1.91 cm |
| Thickness: | 0 cm |
| Credit Line: | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Nubia, Buhen; D. Randall-MacIver and C. L. Wooley, 1910 |
Description
Faience, brown (originally green?). Found on left shoulder of body of the Gardener Merer. Inscribed on one side with the "Golden Horus" name (mn mrwt) of Amenemhat III, three times, and on the other side with "Good god, Lord of the two Lands, Lord of Action," three times. These are not three impressions of the same stamp in either case, but may be the impression of one triple stamp on each side.
Bibliography:
| [Book] Wegner, Jennifer H., and Wegner, Josef W. 2015. The Sphinx That Traveled To Philadelphia.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Press. pg. 239 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 12/1.21 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Ranke, Hermann. 1950. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 15. no. 2-3. pg. 21-109 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 68 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Woolley, Charles L., and Randall-MacIver, David. 1911. The Eckley B. Coxe Junior Expedition to Nubia: Vol. VII, Buhen (text).. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 234 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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