Lintel with the Name of the God's Wife Amenardis
Artist
Unknown
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)
ClassificationsEgyptian
Credit LineGift of Jack Chrysler, in memory of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number93.32.4
Terms
- Funerals
- Gods
- Religion
- Yellow
- Ochre
- Thebes
Collections
On View
On viewThe 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
Unknown
Late Dynasty 5-early Dynasty 6, reigns of Unas or Pepy I, 2375-2287 B.C.E.
