[HatOb_2184] 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 97 from the first row of the north side. It represents four kneeling personifications of nomes. The first three are Nile figures representing Athribis, Sebennytos, and Hermopolis. The last figure is a female personification of Mendes. All figures are oriented towards left.

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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, 23-24 no. 143
Lacau, Pierre, Chevrier, Henri, Une chapelle d’Hatshepsout à Karnak, Le Caire 1977, 87 no. 143