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consecrating erection of the sḥn.t-mast
Title of the scenes:
sʿḥʿ sḥn.t jr.f dj ʿnḫ mj Rʿ ḏ.t
Erection of the sḥn.t-mast, being enduring of love, he did being given life like Ra forever
Amenhotep III
Thebes: East Bank, Luxor temple, Hypostyle Hall, east wall
Hypostyle Hall
inner wall
Amun-Ra, Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands
ithyphallic form standing on a socle, turned left, with the right arm hidden and the left arm raised
Amun's feather crown with a long ribbon, divine bread, wide necklace, ribbon crossed on the chest
nḫḫȝ-fail
fan and shrine
Amenhotep III
turned right, striding with both arms extended forward, holding a staff in the left hand and the sḫm-sceptre in the right hand
atef-crown on ram's horns and on the red crown and the sšd-circlet, false beard, wide necklace, loin-cloth with a triangular apron and a sporran-like ornament flanked by two uraei, belt, bull's tail
sḫm-sceptre, staff
Bibliography:
- Gayet, Albert, Le temple de Louxor. 1er fascicule, Constructions d'Aménophis III, cour d'Aménophis, salle hypostyle, salles des offertoires, salle du lever et sanctuaire de Maut, Mémoires publiés par les membres de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale 15, Paris 1894, Pl(s). IX, Fig(s). 59
- Moss, Rosalind L.B., Porter, Bertha, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings II. Theban Temples, 2nd ed., Oxford 1972, 318 (102.III.3)
