Amenhotep I greeting ithyphallic Amun with a gesture of invocation

Ritual category: -

Ritual type: run with the hp-instrument and an oar

Title of the scene:
¹ỉṯ.t ḥp.t n Jmn-Rʿ
¹taking hold of the oar-hepet for Amun-Ra

Dating: Thutmose I

Site: Karnak, Central Karnak, travertine shrine of Amenhotep I, outer south wall

Architectural part: shrine

Architectural element: outer wall

Recipient(s): Amun-Ra

Position of the recipient(s): ithyphallic form standing on a socle, turned right, with the right arm hidden and the left arm raised

Costume of the recipient(s): Amun's feather crown on a base with a long ribbon, divine bread, wide necklace, ribbon crossed on the chest

Requisites of the recipient(s): no requisites

Attributes of the recipient(s): fan and shrine

Officiant(s): Amenhotep I

Position of the officiant(s): turned left, striding with the left arm extended forward and raised, and with the right arm extended forward and holding the mks-staff and the ḥḏ-sceptre

Costume of the officiant(s): nemes-headdress, wide necklace, loin-cloth with a triangular pleated apron and a sporran-like ornament flanked by two uraei, wristlets, belt, bull's tail

Requisites of the officiant(s): mks-staff, ḥḏ-sceptre