Architectural element
decorated block
Museum object
Open-Air Museum, Karnak
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quartzite
Description: Block 207 from the sixth row of the north side with two scenes. The scene on the left depicts Amunet oriented towards left, assisting the main action of the scene (on another block, but not preserved), while holding the palm frond of millions of years. The scene on the right depicts Hatshepsut consecrating offering tables with jugs to Amun (the god is oriented to the right - in the opposite direction as Amunet).
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Hatshepsut/Thutmose III
Notes: KIU 1395 (scene with Amun). The reconstruction of the scene with Amunet proposed by Lacau would place Hatshepsut between two goddesses who carry such staves.
Bibliography:
- Burgos, Franck, Larché, François, La chapelle Rouge. Le sanctuaire de barque d’Hatshepsout. I. Fac-similés et photographies des scènes, Paris 2006, 121 nos 327-328
- Lacau, Pierre, Chevrier, Henri, Une chapelle d’Hatshepsout à Karnak, Le Caire 1977, 215 nos 327-328
- Kapiec, Katarzyna, The Southern Room of Amun in the temple of Hatshepsut. Volume 2. Studies on decoration and ritual function, Deir el-Bahari XI, Warsaw-Wiesbaden 2024, 172