lintel
- Museum number
- EA1708
- Description
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Limestone lintel: the fragment, carved in sunk relief, is divided into two parallel scenes separated by a vertical column of inscription. The inscriptions throughout are incised. On the right panel, the god Montu receives offerings from King Ahmose I. The god, who is seated on a throne, is falcon-headed and wears a long wig surmounted by a disk and two uraei, a bead collar and a short skirt with tail. In his right hand he holds an 'ankh' and in his left a sceptre. In front of him is inscribed vertically. Tne king, wearing the crown of Lower Egypt, a bead collar and short stiffened skirt (?), bears in each hand a bowl of offerings. Above him is an inscription in two vertical columns. Beneath the hands is an inscription in one vertical column. Behind the king is a pillar, terminating in a papyrus flower, around which is entwined a serpent. Behind the serpent are two signs. The sides of the pillar are inscribed vertically. The right margin is inscribed, in one vertical column. On the left panel, the figures of both the god and the kings are represented as in the right-hand scene, except that the 'ankh' and sceptre which the god holds are in the opposite hands, and the king wears the crown of Upper Egypt. In front of the god is inscribed, in one vertical column. Above the king there is an inscription. Beneath his hands, there is one vertical column of inscription. Behind the king is a pillar, similar to the one in the right-hand scene, but with lily capital surmounted by a vulture. The sides of the pillar are inscribed vertically. On the left-hand margin is the same inscription as on the right, but written in the reverse direction. The fragment consists of three pieces, of which the two on the left-hand side join. Between them and the third piece there is a small lacuna. At the top and bottom portions of the stone have been cut away in antiquity.
- Dimensions
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Height: 48 centimetres
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Length: 217 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Inscription subject
royal
- Curator's comments
- Bibliography:
S. R. K Glanville, 'British Museum Quarterly' 4, p. 77, pl. XLVIII;
B. Porter & R. Moss, 'Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings' V (Oxford: Clarendon Press), p. 159;
- Location
- On display (G4/B17)
- Condition
- fair
- Acquisition date
- 1929
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA1708
- Registration number
- 1929,1016.190
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: BS.1708 (Birch Slip Number)
