Lintel
E1823
From: Egypt | Upper Egypt | Thebes (Egypt)
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| Object Number | E1823 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Egypt | Upper Egypt | Thebes (Egypt) |
| Locus | Ramesseum (Reuse) |
| Period | New Kingdom | Eighteenth Dynasty | Tuthmosis III |
| Date Made | 1479-1458 BCE |
| Section | Egyptian |
| Materials | Limestone |
| Iconography | Sun Disk | Cartouche |
| Inscription Language | Hieroglyphic |
| Description | Lintel with winged sun disk and three lines of inscription. The cartouches of Tuthmosis III and defaced catouches of Queen Hatshepsut. Probably from Funerary Chapel of Nekht-ef-Nut. Three lines of inscription: On the Left: Live Horus-Mighty-Bull appearing in Thebes given life / Perfect god [Makare] beloved of Amun / Live Son of Re [Hatshepsut] like Re forever! On the right: Live Horus-Mighty-Bull appearing in Thebes given life / Perfect god Menkheperre, beloved of Maat / Live Son of Re Thutmose-Lord of Maat, like Re forever! |
| Height | 55 cm |
| Length | 116 cm |
| Depth | 11 cm |
| Credit Line | Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account, 1896 |
| Other Number | ES 1823 - Original Number |
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