Architectural element
decorated block
Museum object
Open-Air Museum, Karnak
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quartzite
Description: Block 242 from the first row of the south side. It represents four kneeling personifications of various Hatshepsut's monuments and constructions: the first one is a Nile personification of the temple of Hatshepsut (ḫm ḏsr Jmn - Amun at a splendid shrine), partly carved on this block, half of the body and a monument's name are visible (the rest of the figure a monument's name are on block 179). The second figure is a Nile personification of Amun's pool/canal (ḫntj hn - foremost of the chest). The third figure is a Nile personification of Hatshepsut's palace (nn ʿr.j r.f - I will not move away from him). The last figure is a partly preserved Nile personification of another Hatshepsut's palace (full name not preserved). All figures are oriented towards the right.
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Notes: the figure is most probably wrongly carved as a Nile (male) personification - it is thinner than standard Nile figures in this monument and the temple should be personified by a female figure.
Hatshepsut/Thutmose III
Bibliography:
- Burgos, Franck, Larché, François, La chapelle Rouge. Le sanctuaire de barque d’Hatshepsout. I. Fac-similés et photographies des scènes, Paris 2006, 20 nos 124-137
- Lacau, Pierre, Chevrier, Henri, Une chapelle d’Hatshepsout à Karnak, Le Caire 1977, 77-78 nos 124-137
- Iwaszczuk, Jadwiga, Sacred landscape of Thebes during the reign of Hatshepsut. Royal construction projects. Volume 3. Topography of the East Bank, Travaux de l'Institute 10, Warsaw-Wiesbaden 2021, 141