Column
| Object Number: | E636 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Egypt Heracleopolis |
| Locus: | Harsaphes Temple |
| Period: | New Kingdom Nineteenth Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 1292 - 1190 BCE |
| 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 CG2018-5-4.1 - Found in Collection Number CG2018-5-4.2 - Found in Collection Number CG2018-5-4.3 - Found in Collection 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.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Lower Egyptian Gallery (1983 - 1996) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Lower Egyptian Gallery (1996 - 2018) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Ancient Egypt.. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 74 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Naville, Henri E. Ahnas el Medineh.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 10 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [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: 211/8.36 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Moss, Rosalind L., and Porter, Bertha. 1964. The Theban Necropolis Vol II.. Clarendon Press. Vol. II. Part 2. 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. 92, fig. 59; p. 101, fig. 63 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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