Door Socket
| Object Number: | E3959 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Egypt (Mummies Gallery) Currently On Display |
| Provenience: | Egypt Hierakonpolis |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Sandstone |
| Iconography: | person |
| Height: | 19 cm |
| Length: | 77.5 cm |
| Width: | 53 cm |
| Credit Line: | Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account; James Quibell, 1898 |
| Other Number: | AES732 - Other Number |
Description
A stone temple door socket in the shape of a prisoner lying on his stomach with his arms bound behind him. Every time the door swung open or closed it would crush the prisoner. A warning of the king's power.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Upper Egyptian Gallery (1983 - 1991) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Upper Egyptian Gallery (1996 - 2006) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Upper Egyptian Gallery (1991 - 1996) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Upper Egyptian Gallery (2006) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Freeman, Michael, and Frame, Grant, and Ousterhout, Robert G. 2016. Magic in the Ancient World.. Philadelphia. pg. 32 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 17,22 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Patch, Diana C. 2011. The Dawn of Egyptian Art.. New Haven. Yale University Press. pg. 275 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 156,191/cat.134, fig 42 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Winegrad, Dilys P. 1993. Through Time, Across Continents.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 26, fig. 26 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Collection] 1965. Guide to the Collections, The University Museum.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. pg. 1-167 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 33 | 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. 30, fig. 14 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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