Thutmose III offering cool water to Ptah

Jadwiga Iwaszczuk
September 22, 2023

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offering cool water

Title of the scene:
rdj.t ḳbḥw jr.f dj ʿnḫ ḏ.t
Offering cool water, he did it being alive forever

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

Site:
Thebes: East Bank, Karnak, temple of Ptah, north chapel, south wall (KIU 2338)

chapel

inner wall

Ptah, Lord of [Maa}t (name and figure restored)

turned right, standing in the shrine with both arms extended forward and holding the was-sceptre and djed-sceptre in both hands

tight-fitting cap, straight beard, enveloping mummiform garment with a stiff upper edge along the back of the neck

was-sceptre with djed-sign

no attributes

Thutmose III

turned left, striding with both arms extended forward and holding a nw-vase in each hand

khat-headdress, false beard, wide necklace, loin-cloth with a triangular apron and a sporran-like ornament flanked by two uraei, belt, bull's tail

nw-vases


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