Window
| Object Number: | E13564 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Egypt Memphis (Egypt) |
| Locus: | From palace of Merenptah |
| Period: | New Kingdom Nineteenth Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 1213-1204 BCE |
| Early Date: | -1213 |
| Late Date: | -1204 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Limestone |
| Iconography: | Sphinx falcon |
| Height: | 129.54 cm |
| Width: | 81.28 cm |
| Depth: | 15.24 cm |
| Credit Line: | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1924 |
Description
Window from the palace of Merenptah. Upper part of the window is decorated with Sphinxes, a row of falcon heads, djed pillars and a rolled up reed mat (carved in stone). The lower part of the window has 8 slits to let in light.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| 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: 229/8.68,8.69 | 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: 64/33 | 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: 166-67 | 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 |
| [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. 105, fig. 64 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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