Architectural element
decorated block
65.0cm
41.0cm
sandstone
25.0cm
Fragment of sandstone pillar from the upper part of decoration executed in sunken relief. On the left the feathers of bird can be seen, on the right the inscription with Khnum's speech in two columns is preserved. The prenomen of Thutmose III Mn-ḫpr-kȝ-Rʿ is mentioned. The decoration is limited from two sides by narrow vertical line, no block border is carved.
Found in the southern ambulatory of later temple of Khnum.
Find
Bibliography:
- Bommas, Martin, Der Tempel des Chnum der 18. Dyn. auf Elephantine, PhD thesis, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg 2000, 320-321, C 10
- Junge, Friedrich, Elephantine XI: Funde und Bauteile, Archäologische Veröffentlichungen 49, Mainz am Rhein 1987, 20, 27, Pl(s). 2d, 8d
- Biston-Moulin, Sébastien, À propos de la table d’offrandes de Thoutmosis III Caire JE 88803, Cahiers de Karnak 13, 2010, 33 n. 24