[HatOb_2179] Wooden door MMA 22.2.26

Ewa Józefowicz

Object Category: Furniture

Object Type: door

Site: Deir el-Bahari

Collection: Egyptian antiquities

Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Width: 58.4 cm

Height: 121.9 cm

Depth: 6.7 cm

Material: wood

Wooden door, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 22.2.26. Painted red, with inscription probably originally referring to Thutmose I and Hatshepsut, whose name was changed to Thutmose II during the reign of Thutmose III. There are traces of gilding of the inscription (exact alloy unknown).

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Dating: Hatshepsut/Thutmose III

Website: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544474

Bibliography:

Hayes, William C., The Scepter of Egypt: A Background for the Study of the Egyptian Antiquities in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. 2, The Hyksos Period and the New Kingdom, Cambridge, Mass. 1959, 82-83, Fig(s). Fig. 44