Inscribed limestone lintel
Inscribed limestone lintel; owner depicted at either end worshipping two divine triads: Osiris, Horus, and Isis (facing left), and Ptah, Sekhmet, and Nefertum (facing right), inscribed above Ptah: [rmT ms nTrw], above Nefertum: [xw tAwy]; broken in three parts, chipped, cleaned and fitted together by William Young early in 1949.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_49.5
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_49.5; 49.5
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Architectural elements-Doors, jambs, lintels
- Period
- Late Period
- Title
- Inscribed limestone lintel
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height x width: 34 x 122 cm (13 3/8 x 48 1/16 in.)
- Credit Line
- Otis Norcross Fund
- Provenance
- Said to be from Giza (limestone found to be from Gebel Ma'sara) (provenance unknown) purchased
- Notes
- By 1948: with Dikran G. Kelekian, NY; 1949: purchased by the MFA from Dikran G. Kelekian, January 1, 1949. (Accession Date: January 1, 1949)