A Lintel Fragment from the Meniset Temple of Amenhotep I and Ahmose Nefertari at Thebes. Issue 1 (June 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Walsh, Carl
• Is Part Of: Journal of Egyptian archaeology. Volume 108:Issue 1/2(2022)
• Page Start: 287
• Page End: 294
• Publication Date: 2022-06
• Subjects: Amenhotep I -- Meniset temple -- Wilhelm Spiegelberg -- Ahmose Nefertari -- Sed Festival; Egypt -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; Antiquities; Egypt; Archäologie; Ägypten; Égypte -- Antiquités -- Périodiques; 6.140; Periodicals; Zeitschrift; Online-Publikation; Electronic journals; 932.005
• DOI: 10.1177/03075133221101078
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0307-5133

Abstract

A limestone relief fragment in the Barnes Foundation (A303), Philadelphia is identified as a recut fragment from a Sed festival lintel that surmounted a doorway in the Meniset temple of Amenhotep I and Ahmose Nefertari at Thebes. Originally found by Wilhelm Spiegelberg and only documented through a photograph of a squeeze, the condition of the relief speaks to a complex provenance history and provides confirmation of the reconstruction of the festival scene by Kurt Sethe.