Door Jamb
29-107-955
Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery
From: Israel | Beth Shean
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 29-107-955 |
| Current Location | Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Egyptian |
| Provenience | Israel | Beth Shean |
| Archaeology Area | room 1037, disturbed debris of "Remis side" temple about 1 meter above column bases of lower temple and 5.30 m E. of W. door of Remes Side temple (southern?) on Level V |
| Period | Iron Age IB | Iron Age IIA |
| Date Made | 1200–1150 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Limestone |
| Iconography | Egyptian Inscription |
| Inscription Language | Hieroglyphic |
| Description | Bearing 2 perpendicular columns of hieroglypic Egyptian text (reading from right to left) bearing name of Ra-meses-user-khepesh (perhaps commandant of the fortress). The left narrow side is smooth dressed the right rough dressed with traces of brick adhering. It is broken at top and bottom. Rowe: "... a broken lintel unearthed near the temple entrance" |
| Height | 100 cm |
| Width | 48 cm |
| Depth | 20 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928 |
| Other Number | 25-10-448 - Field No SF |
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