Door hinge

Description

Upper door hinge in bronze of hollow L-shape with a pivotal peg at the upper corner inscribed with a hieroglyphic inscription, including cartouches re-inscribed by King Psamtek II: Ancient Egyptian, Lower Egypt, Memphis, Late Period, 26th Dynasty, 664 - 525 BC

Museum reference

A.1910.155

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Door hinge

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

664 - 525 BC

Style / Culture

26th Dynasty (Saite Period), Late Dynastic Period, Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Bronze

Collection place(s)

Memphis, Lower Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Psamtek II

Exhibitions

• Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Egyptian Gallery, 2003 - 2008 (2003 - 2008)
  Royal Scottish Museum

• Ancient Egypt (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Petrie, 'Meydum and Memphis' (III), p 40

PM III2, 830

'Royal Scottish Museum: Prof Flinders Petrie’s Excavations in Egypt' in the Scotsman, 26 Oct 1910, p 8

Yoyotte, 'Le martelage des noms royaux ethiopiens par Psammetique II', RdE 8 (1951), p 223 n. 61, p 225 (c) n. 3

Leahy, 'A mysterious fragment and a monumental hinge: Necho II and Psammetichus II once again' in Verba Manent (festschrift Dimitri Meeks 2009), 227-40

On display

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