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Amenhotep III
Thebes: East Bank, Luxor temple, Hypostyle Hall, east wall
Hypostyle Hall
inner wall
Amun-Ra, Ruler of Thebes
turned left, striding with the right arm extended forward and holding the was-sceptre and the left arm lowered along the body and holding the ankh-sign
Amun's feather crown on a base with a long ribbon, divine beard, wide necklace, plain loin-cloth, belt, bull's tail
was-sceptre, ankh-sign
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Amenhotep III
turned right, striding with both arms extended forward and holding the ḥḏ-sceptre and the mks-staff in the right hand and raising the left arm in a gesture of invocation
khat-headdress, wristlets on both wrists, loin-cloth with a triangular apron and a sporran-like ornament flanked by two uraei, belt, bull's tail
ḥḏ-sceptre, 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). XII, Fig(s). 54
- 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.II)
