[HatOb_2316] Block from the wall decoration of the Chapelle Rouge with two scenes

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 307 from the fifth row of the west facade depicting two scenes. The scene on the left showed most probsbly Hatshepsut in a royal run (her figure was erased) in front of ithyphallic Amun-Ra. The scene on the right showed Hatshepsut and striding Amun-Ra in a mutual embracing (figure of Hatshepsut was also erased).

History: -

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, 136 nos 84-88
Lacau, Pierre, Chevrier, Henri, Une chapelle d’Hatshepsout à Karnak, Le Caire 1977, 58-60 nos 84-88