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erection of obelisks
Title of the scene:
sʿḥʿ tḫn.wj n Jmn jr.s dj ʿnḫ
Erection of two obelisks for Amun, she did being given life
Dating:
Original: Hatshepsut | Erasures: Amarna period (figure, name and epithets of Amun-Ra) | Restorations: post-Amarna period (figure, name and epithets of Amun-Ra)
Site:
Thebes: Karnak, Central Karnak, northern obelisk of Hatshepsut, east face (KIU 3320)
obelisk
shaft's face
Amun-Ra, King of Gods, Lord of Heaven (restored)
turned right, striding with the left arm extended forward and holding the was-sceptre and the right 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, jacket with two stripes, armlets on both arms, wristlets on both wrists, plain loin-cloth, belt, bull's tail
was-sceptre, ankh-sign
no attributes
Hatshepsut
turned left, striding with the left arm extended forward and holding the mks-staff and the right arm lowered along the body and holding the ankh-sign
red crown, false beard, wide necklace, armlets on both arms, wristlets on both wrists, Lower Egyptian dress, jacket with two stripes, belt, bull's tail
mks-staff, ankh-sign
Bibliography:
- Lepsius, Carl Richard, Denkmäler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien III, Genève 1972, Pl(s). 23
- Rosellini, Ippolito, I monumenti dell’Egitto e della Nubia 4,1 : Monumenti storici, Pisa 1832, Pl(s). XXXII
- Moss, Rosalind L.B., Porter, Bertha, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings II. Theban Temples, 2nd ed., Oxford 1972, 81-82
