Lower part of a limestone door Jamb of Ramesses II in the Egyptian Museum TR 26.5.25.3

Abstract EN

Natural disasters such as earthquakes, strong winds, humidity, climatic changes and rain water had the greatest impact on the collapse of important architectural elements in ancient Egypt, which were also affected by wars and invasions, and through the replacement and renewal by some kings to construct new architectural facilities, all of this destruction resulted in a group A large number of rubble, and Many of the inscribed architectural elements, some of it settled in their places, and some of it have been moved from their original places over time, in order to be reused again.

and for King Ramesses II, during his reign, he built and constructed a large number of civil, religious and funerary structures that exceed more Any other Egyptian king, and the door Jamb under study is considered one of the architectural elements carved from limestone, which was extracted from one of the architectural installations of King Ramesses II, which was destroyed over time and moved from its original place, Unfortunately, its original location is not known, nor where it was found.

It is believed that this door Jamb is part of a religious facility belonging to the god Ptah, head of the Memphis Trinity, and the writing style on it follows the writings of the new and late linguistic phase, With presence of typing errors from the text writer, and it is now preserved in the Egyptian Museum with temporary number TR 26.5.25.3.