Architectural element
decorated block
Museum object
Open-Air Museum, Karnak
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quartzite
Description: Block 179 from the first row of the south side. It represents three kneeling personifications of various Hatshepsut's monuments and constructions. The first figure is a female personification of the temple of Mut (Mȝʿt-kȝ-Rʿ mrjjt Mwt nb(t) Jšrw - Maatkara, beloved of Mut, Lady of Isheru). The second figure is a Nile personification of a structure, possibly a palace (Mȝʿt-kȝ-Rʿ mrjjt Jmn ḫntj Pr-hn - Maatkara, beloved of Amun, who is foremost of Pr-hn). From the last figure, only its front part is preserved, along with part of the inscription - it is a Nile personification of the temple of Hatshepsut (ḫm ḏsr Jmn - Amun at a splendid shrine). The other part of the figure is preserved on block 242. All figures are oriented towards the right.
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Notes: the last 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 122-124
- Lacau, Pierre, Chevrier, Henri, Une chapelle d’Hatshepsout à Karnak, Le Caire 1977, 76-77 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