Thutmose III offering bd-natron and nṯrj-natron to Hathor

Jadwiga Iwaszczuk
September 22, 2023

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offering bd-natron and nṯrj-natron

Title of the scene:
bd ṯȝ 4 nṯrj ṯȝ 4 jṯ r rȝ jṯ r ʿ pẖr ḥȝ sp 4 ḏd mdw sp 4 wʿb sp 2
Bd-natron four pellets, nṯrj-natron four pellets, taking to mouth, taking to arm, going around four times,  words spoken four times: be clean, be clean

Dating:
Original: Thutmose III  |  Erasures: Amarna period (figure, name and epithets of Hathor)  |  Restorations: post-Amarna period (figure, name and epithets of Hathor)

Site:
Thebes: East Bank, Karnak, temple of Ptah, south chapel, south wall (KIU 2349)

chapel

inner wall

Hathor(?) (figure 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

long tunic

was-sceptre, ankh-sign

no attributes

Thutmose III

turned left, striding with both arms extended forward and holding pots with natron pellets in both hands(?)

loin-cloth with a triangular apron and a sporran-like ornament flanked by two uraei, belt, bull's tail

pots with natron pellets(?)


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