[HatOb_2171] Block from the wall decoration of Chapelle Rouge with kneeling personifications

Katarzyna Kapiec

Object Category: Architectural element

Object Type: decorated block

Collection: Museum object

Museum: Open-Air Museum, Karnak

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Material: quartzite

Description: Block 131 from the first row of the west facade, depicting two kneeling personifications oriented towards the left. The first personification on the block is the last figure in the whole procession of personifications in this row, depicting southern nomes. It is a Nile personification and represents Upper Egypt. The second figure is a female personification of the temple of Thutmose III - nṯry-mnw-Jmn (Amun is divine of monuments).

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Dating: Hatshepsut/Thutmose III

Bibliography:

Larché, François, Burgos, Franck, La chapelle Rouge. Le sanctuaire de barque d’Hatshepsout. I. Fac-similés et photographies des scènes, Paris 2006, 16 nos 138&139
Lacau, Pierre, Chevrier, Henri, Une chapelle d’Hatshepsout à Karnak, Le Caire 1977, 84 nos 138&139