door-jamb
- Museum number
- EA1469
- Description
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Limestone door jamb of Merenptah: this massive door jamb is deeply incised on two sides with the names of Merenptah. The outer face bears two vertical columns with only the nomen and epithets of the king now preserved. The columns are divided by a 'was'-sceptre, below which are several signs now largely illegible. At the bottom of the jamb is a scene in sunk relief depicting the union of the two lands by two Nile gods. The inner face of the jamb contains one column of text with part of the prenomen, the nomen and epithets of the king. Only the lower part of the original jamb is preserved. The middle part of the outer face has suffered badly from erosion. At the time of its discovery the piece appears to have been cut into three sections for transport and later restored with some loss to the inner face. There are no traces of colour.
- Dimensions
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Height: 206.50 centimetres
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Width: 83 centimetres
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Depth: 40.50 centimetres (unrestored)
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- Inscription subject
royal
- Curator's comments
- This jamb comes from the western side of the door of the temple of Merenptah at Memphis.
Bibliography:
W. M. F. Petrie. 'Memphis' I (London, 1909), 11. pl. 29;
The British Museum, 'A guide to the Egyptian galleries (Sculpture)' (London, 1909), 303 (no. 1169);
B. Porter & R. Moss, 'Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings' III (Part 2) (Oxford: Clarendon Press), 855;
K. A. Kitchen, 'Ramesside inscriptions : translated & annotated. Translations. Vol.4, Merenptah and the Late Nineteenth Dynasty' (Oxford, 2003), 54.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Only the lower part of the original jamb is preserved. The middle part of the outer face has suffered badly from erosion. At the time of its discovery the piece appears to have been cut into three sections for transport and later restored with some loss to the inner face.
- Acquisition date
- 1908
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA1469
- Registration number
- 1998,1010.1
