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| Object Number: | E636 |
| Current Location: | Egypt (Sphinx) Gallery Currently On Display |
| Provenience: | Egypt Heracleopolis |
| Locus: | Harsaphes Temple |
| Period: | New Kingdom Nineteenth Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 1292 - 1190 BC |
| Early Date: | -1293 |
| Late Date: | -1189 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Stone Granite |
| Credit Line: | Museum Purchase, Subscription of Mrs. John Harrison, 1892 |
| Other Number | ES 636 - Original Number |
Description
This column once stood in the vestibule of the temple of the ram god Herishef at the site of Heracleopolis. The capital of the column is decorated like palm fronds (in contrast to the capitals of the other columns in the gallery which have a lotus shape). The deeply-incised inscriptions contain the name of Ramses II. In the central panels, Ramses is depicted making offerings to Horus. Additional inscriptions on the column were added during the reign of Ramses II’s son, Merenptah, whose name also appears in the more shallowly carved hieroglyphs. This column originally belonged to a much earlier temple and was re-inscribed by these later kings of Dynasty 19.
Bibliography:
| [Book] Wegner, Josef W. & Wegner, Jennifer H. 2015. The Sphinx That Traveled To Philadelphia. 239. : Page/Fig./Plate: 211/8.36 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Book] Ancient Egypt. : Page/Fig./Plate: 74 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Book] Naville. Ahnas el Medineh. : Page/Fig./Plate: 10 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Book] Porter, Bertha & Moss, Rosalind L. 1964. The Theban Necropolis Vol II. Vol II. Part 2. : Page/Fig./Plate: 856 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference |
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