Thutmose III offering milk to Amun-Ra

Ritual category: -

Ritual type: offering milk

Title of the scene:
rdj.t jrt.t jr.s dj ʿnḫ
Giving milk, she did given life

Dating: 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: Site:
Thebes: Karnak, Central Karnak, northern obelisk of Hatshepsut, south face (KIU 3336)

Architectural part: obelisk

Architectural element: shaft face

Recipient(s): Amun-Ra, the Foremost (restored)

Position of the recipient(s): 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

Costume of the recipient(s): 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

Requisites of the recipient(s): was-sceptre, ankh-sign

Attributes of the recipient(s): no attributes

Officiant(s): Thutmose III

Position of the officiant(s): turned right, striding with both arms extended forward and holding a milk vase in each hand

Costume of the officiant(s): hnw-crown, false beard, wide necklace, armlet on the left arm, wristlets on both wrists, loin-cloth with a triangular apron and a sporran-like ornament flanked by two uraei, belt, bull's tail

Requisites of the officiant(s): milk vases