Door Jamb
| Object Number: | E17527 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Egypt Memphis (Egypt) |
| Locus: | Palace of Merenptah Rm 14 West Door |
| Period: | New Kingdom Nineteenth Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 1213-1204 BCE |
| Early Date: | -1213 |
| Late Date: | -1204 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Limestone |
| Technique: | Sunk Relief |
| Iconography: | King Merneptah Smiting Enemy Lioness |
| Inscription Language: | Hieroglyphic |
| Height: | 118 cm |
| Width: | 56 cm |
| Depth: | 10 cm |
| Thickness: | 0 cm |
| Credit Line: | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1915 |
Description
King Merenptah is shown in a smiting pose defeating Asiatic enemies. The lioness bounds forward to assist. The King is flanked by an anthropomorphic standard bearing a hieroglyphic text. Before the king are 2 columns of text with his names in cartouches. Above the smiting scene are the ends of two columns of large hieroglyphs. The king wears the crown of upper and lower Egypt. The scene is historical, for Merenptah's armies fought in the Levant, but also symbolic. It represents the royal ideology of pharaoh dominant over all foreigners and provides magical protection against supernatural evil that might enter through the side doorway in which the jamb was set.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Man and Animals: Living, Working and Changing Together (04 Oct 1984 - 30 Mar 1985) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Lower Egyptian Gallery (1996 - 2018) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Lower Egyptian Gallery (1983 - 1996) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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: 160,209/7.24,8.25 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [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: 166/50A | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Thomas, Nancy. The American Discovery of Ancient Egypt.. Los Angeles County Museum of Art and American Research Center in Egypt. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 186-187/87 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Horne, Lee C. 1985. Introduction to the Collections of The University Museum.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 24/14 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Moss, Rosalind L., and Porter, Bertha. 1981. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings III: Memphis, Part 2. Saqqara to Dahshur.. Oxford. Clarendon Press. ed. 2nd. Vol. III. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 856 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Kondo, Jiro, and Ziegler, Christiane. 11 Jul 2015. Cleopatra and The Queens of Egypt.. Tokyo. NHK Promotions Inc. pg. 239 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 65/38 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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