[HatOb_53] Block with Thutmose III embraced by a goddess and another deity

Jadwiga Iwaszczuk

Object Category: Architectural element

Louvre, Paris, B 64

Object Type: decorated block

Width: 1.13m

Height: 1.39m

Material: sandstone

Depth: 0.19m

Sandstone block decorated in raised relief with a representation of a goddess turned right embracing Thutmose III(?) with another deity's hand on his shoulder. Behind the goddes, the beginning of another scene with a goddess turned left is visible. Colours are partly preserved: black khepresh-crown, red body of the king and cartouches are recognisable.

Collection: Museum object

Bibliography:

Delange, Élisabeth, Les fouilles françaises d'Éléphantine (Assouan), 1906-1911. Les archives Clermont-Ganneau et Clédat, vol. 2 – Planches, Mémoires de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres 46, Paris 2012, 202, no. 515b
Andreu, Guillemette, Ziegler, Christiane, Rutschowscaya, Marie-Hélène, Ancient Egypt in the Louvre, Paris 1997, 112-113, Fig(s). 47

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