| Object Number |
E3959 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Provenience |
Egypt | Hierakonpolis |
| Section |
Egyptian |
| Materials |
Sandstone |
| Iconography |
person |
| 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. |
| 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 |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
| Ousterhout, Robert G., Grant Frame, and Michael Freeman. Magic in the Ancient World. Philadelphia: 2016. Page/Fig./Plate: 17,22 |
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| Patch, Diana C. The Dawn of Egyptian Art. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011. Page/Fig./Plate: 275 Page/Fig./Plate: 156,191/cat.134, fig 42 |
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| Winegrad, Dilys P. Through Time, Across Continents. The University Museum, 1993. See: p. 26, fig. 26 |
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| Guide to the Collections, The University Museum. Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1965. See: p. 33 |
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| Ranke, Hermann. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections." The University Museum Bulletin 15, no. 2-3. (1950): 21-109. See: p. 30, fig. 14 |
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| Gunn, Battiscombe. "An Early Egyptian Door-Socket." The University Museum Bulletin V, no. 1. (1934): 9-13. See: Plate VI |
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