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Door jambs, lintel, and threshold of Tutankhamen

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; View: Resthouse of Tutankhamen

Limestone door jambs, lintel, and threshold, with names of Tutankhamen and Ankhesenamen, usurped by Ramses II; red painted, with original cartouches filled with blue paint.

Details

  • ID
    GEM_45489
  • Department
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-Doors, jambs, lintels
  • Findspot
    Resthouse of Tutankhamen
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    H 242.0 cm
  • Credit Line
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Journal d'Entree number
    EMC_JE_57195
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_3/10620
  • Period
    New Kingdom, Dynasty 18
  • Attested
    Ankhesenamen
    Ramesses II
    Tutankhamen
  • Excavator
    Émile Baraize, French, 1874–1952
  • Notes
    From excavations of Emile Baraize, Service des Antiquites, 1931.
  • Remarks
    ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_JE_57195; EMC_SR_3.10620

Tombs and Monuments 1

Full Bibliography

  • Hassan, Great Sphinx, 23, 100, 311, fig. 73.

People 4

Ancient People

  • Ankhesenamen

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Queen of Tutankhamen

  • Ramesses II

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks King during Dynasty 19 of ancient Egypt’s New Kingdom; ruled nearly 67 years and fathered over 100 children. Ramses fought a number of battles against foreign enemies, such as the Hittites and the Nubians, and built many temples and other monuments throughout Egypt and Nubia. Despite ruling over a thousand years after the pyramids were built and being buried far to the south in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, there is evidence that Ramses may have done some building, restoring, and/or usurping of earlier monuments at Giza. Prenomen: Usermaatre Setepenre.

  • Tutankhamen

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks King during Dynasty 18 of ancient Egypt’s New Kingdom; came to the throne at age nine and ruled nine years until his untimely death. His spectacular tomb, discovered in 1922 by Egyptologist Howard Carter in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, contained many rich treasures, which may be seen today in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Despite ruling over a thousand years after the pyramids were built, Tut and other kings of his dynasty continued to visit and venerate the sacred site of Giza, building small chapels and rest-houses, and setting up inscribed dedications to the Sphinx. Prenomen [nb-xprw-ra] Nebkheperure.

Modern People

  • Émile Baraize

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates French, 1874–1952
    • Remarks French engineer working for the Service des Antiquities who excavated around the Sphinx from 1926-1936.