[HatOb_2191] 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 230 from the first row of the north side. It represents three kneeling Nile personifications of pehus: Mera (pḥw mrȝ ?) of the 20th nome of Lower Egypt, Weru (pḥw wrw), and Ka (pḥw ḳȝ) of the 4th nome of Lower Egypt. All figures are oriented towards the left.

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Dating: 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, 29 no. 148
Lacau, Pierre, Chevrier, Henri, Une chapelle d’Hatshepsout à Karnak, Le Caire 1977, 91 no. 148