[HatOb_2187] Block from the wall decoration of Chapelle Rouge with pehu 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 294 from the first row of the north side. It represents two kneeling Nile personifications of pehus. The first one is a personification of pehu Hepuy (pḥw ḥpwy) of the 7th nome of Lower Egypt. The second figure is only partly preserved on this block in its front part, the rear part is on block 270. Both figures are oriented towards the 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, 26 no. 148
Lacau, Pierre, Chevrier, Henri, Une chapelle d’Hatshepsout à Karnak, Le Caire 1977, 90 no. 148