Lintel with the Name of the God's Wife Amenardis
Artist
Unknown
CultureEgyptian
Date740-656 B.C.E.
MediumLimestone
Dimensions27 1/2 x 72 x 4 in., 750 lb. (69.9 x 182.9 x 10.2 cm, 340.2 kg)
Credit LineGift of Jack Chrysler, in memory of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number93.32.4
Collections
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 109
The hieroglyphs can be translated thus:
He of Behdet, great god, varied of plumage, who goes forth from the horizon, giving life /
May live the God’s Wife, the Hand of the god, Amenardis, beloved of Amun-Ra king of the gods / The God’s Wife…/ May live the Divine Adoratress, the Hand of the god, Amenardis, beloved of Amun-Ra lord of the thrones of the Two Lands
Label TextLintel with the Name of the God’s Wife Amenardis Third Intermediate Period, 740–656 B.C.E. Limestone Gift of Jack F. Chrysler, in memory of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 93.32.4 Published ReferencesC.R. Williams, _JEA_, 1918, 280, ex. coll: Cleveland Museum of Art, see file for transcriptions. _Parke-Bernet Sale Catalogue_, Nov. 1971, Lot #38, pl. VII. Jeff Harrison, _Collecting with Vision: Treasures From the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (London: D. Giles Ltd., 2007), 16-17, fig. 4. ISBN: 978-0-940744-72-1
Unknown
Late Dynasty 5-early Dynasty 6, reigns of Unas or Pepy I, 2375-2287 B.C.E.
