Thutmose III striking four times in choice of meat from bull's foreleg before Amun and Ptah

Jadwiga Iwaszczuk
September 22, 2023

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striking four times

Title of the scene:
jḥwt ʿ sp 4 r stp ḫpš [...]
striking four times in choice of meat from bull's foreleg [...]

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

Site:
Thebes: East Bank, Karnak, temple of Ptah, courtyard, east wall (KIU 988)

hypostyle hall

inner wall

[A]mun[-Ra], Lord of Thrones of the Two Lands (restored)

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

Amun's feather crown on a base with a long ribbon, divine beard, wide necklace, tunic with two stripes, belt, bull's tail

no requisites

was-sceptre and ankh-sign

Ptah, Lord of Maat (restored)

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

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

no requisites

was-sceptre with djed-sign

Thutmose III

turned right, striding with both arms extended forward and holding the sḫm-sceptre in the right hand and the mks-staff and the ḥḏ-sceptre in the right hand

atef-crown, false-beard, wide necklace, jacket with one stripe, sšd-circlet, loin-cloth with a triangular apron and a sporran-like ornament flanked by two uraei, belt, bull's tail

sḫm-sceptre, mks-staff and ḥḏ-sceptre


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