Objekt:

 Ovale Platte mit Griff, Typ II (§ 212-213) (few traces of the original green color), Enstatit (§ 386-390), 18,5 x 13,8 x 4 mm.

Datierung:

 Amenophis II. (1426-1400).

Herkunft:

 Tell Bet Mirsim, Tomb 100, Field Reg. no. 461; the pottery of Tomb 100 was dated to LB II (Ben-Arieh 2004: 11-122; the dates of the glyptic finds fit only the earlier part of this range; the 13th century is not represented by the seals; SB II (1400-1250).

Sammlung:

 Beth-Shemesh, IAA Storehouse, inventory no. 84-1276.

Darstellung:

 Plaque bearing royal name (Keel 1995: § 634); Face A: The central motif is a royal sphinx passant (Keel 1995: § 547); its human royal head has a false beard and an uraeus (Keel 1995: § 522) is emerging from the forehead; in front of the sphinx, in a oval (Keel 1995: § 462), is the thronename of Amenhotep II. ˓-ḫprw-r˓ (Keel 1995: § 634, 663); above the back of the sphinx is the Epitheton nṯr nfr (Keel 1995: § 460) and behind him the sign ḥq (Keel 1995: § 454; Jaeger 1982: 152-155 § 1137-1141) „Good god, the ruler Amenhotep II“; the combination of these elements is typical for the bifacial oval plaques of the 18th dynasty (Jaeger 1982: 171 no. 9 with note 619); an exact but unprovenanced parallel is Hall 1913: no. 1648; usually the sphinx is trampling over a prostrate enemy, cf. Jaeger 1982: 152-155 §1137-1141; Face B: Two pairs of combined cobras (Keel 1995: § 523) antithetically positioned at the top and the bottom are combined with two convoluted coils (Keel 1995: § 497; cf. Keel 1997b: Tell el-˓Aǧul Nr. 372, 780; Jericho: Kirkbride 1965: 653 fig. 303,7); exact parallels for the combination of two convoluted coils with two pairs of cobras are Keel 2010: Bet-Mirsim Nr. 94; Keel 2013: Geser Nr. 391; Esna: Downes 1974: 62 fig. 218,2; Nubia: Firth 1912: 122 pl. 42b,15; it is a theme inherited from the Middle Kingdom; cf. Keel 2010: Betaniën Nr. 5; Reisner 1955: fig. 8,181 = Ben-Tor 2007: pl. 14,7; Sammlung Keel ÄS 1995.11; combined with the thronename of Thutmosis III it appears on Newberry 1908: pl. 18,11 = Jaeger 1982: 326 n. 635 ill. 835; with the one of Amenhotep II s. Hall 1913: 162 no. 1645.

Bibliographie:

Brandl 2004a: 129, no. 10, 167, fig. 3:10; Keel 2010: 72f, Bet-Mirsim Nr. 67.

DatensatzID:

15613

Permanenter Link:

  https://bodo.unifr.ch/bodo/id/15613