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Door Jamb
| Object Number: | E13554A |
| Current Location: | Egypt (Sphinx) Gallery Currently On Display |
| 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: | -1189 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Limestone Faience |
| Technique: | Inlaid |
| Credit Line: | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1924 |
Description
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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