Door Frame
E13569
From: Egypt | Memphis (Egypt)
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| Object Number | E13569 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Egypt | Memphis (Egypt) |
| Locus | Palace of Merenptah , south Portal |
| Period | New Kingdom | Nineteenth Dynasty |
| Date Made | 1292 - 1190 BCE |
| Section | Egyptian |
| Materials | Limestone |
| Description | Door jamb with incised representation of Ptah, patron god of Memphis. Ptah is shown in his standard form as a mummified human male wearing a distinctive close-fitting skull cap. His eye was inlaid originally, perhaps with faience, and has fallen out. |
| Height | 57.8 cm |
| Width | 56.5 cm |
| Depth | 15.1 cm |
| Credit Line | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1924 |
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