[HatOb_2182] Block from the wall decoration of Chapelle Rouge with nome 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 221 from the first row of the north side. It represents four kneeling nome figures: female personification of Ament (Jmnt), Nile personification of Tanta (sʿp-rs), Nile personification of Sais (sʿp-mḥ) and part of another personification of nome (name not preserved).

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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, 23 no. 142
Chevrier, Henri, Lacau, Pierre, Une chapelle d’Hatshepsout à Karnak, Le Caire 1977, 86 no. 142