RITE_9 Thutmose III running with mks and nḫȝḫȝ-flail in front of goddess Meret

Ritual category: festival of bringing obelisks to Karnak

Ritual type: run with mekes and nekhakha-flail

Title of the scene: wdỉ sḫ.t sp 4

Site: Thebes: West Bank, temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, Lower Terrace, Lower Portico South (Portico of Obelisks), west wall

Architectural part: portico

Architectural element: wall

Recipient(s): ithyphallic Amun (restored)

Position of the recipient(s): turned left, standing on a pedestal with left hand raised behind and holding nekhakha-flail

Costume of the recipient(s): divine beard, mummified lower part of the body

Requisites of the recipient(s): nekhakha-flail

Attributes of the recipient(s): garden at the back

God's companion(s): Meret

Position of the god's companion(s): much smaller, turned left, standing with both hands raised and extended forward

Costume of the god's companion(s): wig ended with a curl and sash, long dress with two shoulder straps

Requisites of the god's companion(s): no requisites

Attributes of the god's companion(s): no attributes

Officiant(s): Thutmose III

Position of the officiant(s): turned right, running with both hands bent at the elbow, the right hand holding a nekhakha-flail and the left hand a mekes

Costume of the officiant(s): white crown, false beard, wesekh-collar, sendyt-kilt, belt, bull's tail

Requisites of the officiant(s): nekhakha-flail in the right hand and mekes in the left hand