Architectural element
decorated block
sandstone
Sandstone block from the left door jamb with the decoration executed in sunken relief and painted yellow. The scene represents Thutmose II wearing nemes before Anuket in the vulture headdress on her head, holding a sistrum and giving ʿnḫ-sign to the nose of the king. The inscription preserved between says: "praising god four times". The scene is framed with dividing lines and below the scene another one was most probably carved, but only traces of the sky representations can be seen.
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Bibliography:
- Arnold, Felix, von Pilgrim, Cornelius, Budka, Julia, Seidlmayer, Stephan, Krapf, Tobias, Perkins, Tyler, Kopp, Peter, Schröder, Marie-Kristin, Schultz, Michael, Report on the Excavations at Elephantine by the German Archaeological Institute and the Swiss Institute from autumn 2013 to spring 2014, 2014, 9-10, Fig(s). 8
- Arnold, Felix, Seidlmayer, Stephan Johannes, Sigl, Johanna, Elephantine, Ägypten, Stadt und Tempel. Die Arbeiten der Jahre 2012 und 2013, e-Forschungsberichte des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts 1, 2015, Fig(s). 1