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Door Jamb
| Object Number: | E13554A |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Egypt Memphis (Egypt) |
| Locus: | Palace of Merenptah 6-10 |
| Period: | New Kingdom Nineteenth Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 1292 - 1190 BC |
| Early Date: | -1293 |
| Late Date: | 1292 - 1190 BC |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Limestone Faience |
| Technique: | Inlaid |
| Inscription Language: | Hieroglyphic |
| Credit Line: | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1924 |
Description
Left Jamb. Limestone with faience inlay. The inscriptions on the jamb link the king, Merenptah with the sun god. All of the hieroglyphs were originally inlaid with blue faience. There is a socket in the jamb for the door bolt. This jamb has been combined with E 13553 and E 13554B to form a doorway.
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Bibliography:
| [Book] Porter, Bertha & Moss, Rosalind L. 1981. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings III: Memphis, Part 2. Saqqara to Dahshur. III. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 857 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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