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foundation-ritual text
Title of the scenes:
[...] smȝʿ ḥtp-nṯr wʿb sp 2-nw jr.f. dj ʿnḫ [...]
[...] presenting a divine offering, be pure, be pure, he did being given life [...]
Amenhotep III
Thebes: East Bank, Luxor temple, Hypostyle Hall, west wall, door frame, left jamb
Hypostyle Hall
door jamb
Amenhotep III
turned right, striding with both arms extended forward and holding the mks-staff in the right hand and raising the left hand in a gesture of invocation
henu-crown on nemes-headdress, false beard, wide necklace, wristlets on both wrists, loin-cloth with a triangular apron and a sporran-like ornament flanked by two uraei, belt, bull's tail
mks-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). XVII, Fig(s). 66
- Moss, Rosalind L.B., Porter, Bertha, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings II. Theban Temples, 2nd ed., Oxford 1972, 318 (106b)