Doorway of King Amenemhat I

Doorway of King Amenemhat I
Doorway of King Amenemhat I
 

GEM Number

9590

Collection

Grand Stairs

Period

Middle Kingdom

Dynasty

12

Description

The granite blocks forming this doorway were discovered in 1883 at Ezbet Helmi in the Eastern Delta. It consists of a lintel and two jambs. It probably once stood at an unknown palace of Amenemhat I located at the nearby site of Ezbet Rushdi el-Saghira. Both faces of this portal are decorated with a text that starts on the lintel and continues down the jambs. One face bears a text stating that King Amenemhat I had constructed a monument, while the opposite face mentions that King Senwosret III, who ruled almost a hundred years later, renewed this monument.

Region
Lower Egypt
Area
Sharqiya
Granite

Height

415 cm

Width

75 cm

Length

280 cm