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consecrating the meret-chests
Title of the scene:
By Hatshepsut:
ḥwt sp 4 r m[rt sṯȝ]t
Consecrating me[ret-ches]t four times
By Thutmose III:
dwȝ nṯr sp 4
Perfmoing the adoration of a god four times
Dating:
Hatshepsut
Site:
Thebes: East Bank, Karnak, the Chapelle Rouge, south outer wall (KIU 1265)
bark shrine
outer wall
Amun-Ra, Lord of Heaven
processional bark carried by priests
Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Hatshepsut: turned right, striding with both arms held up in a gesture of consecration, holding the sekhem-sceptre in the left hand
Hatshepsut: atef-crown on the jbs-wig with the seshed-band, false beard, loin-cloth with a triangular apron and a sporran-like ornament flanked by two uraei, belt,bull's tail
Thutmose III: atef-crown on the jbs-wig with the seshed-band, false beard, wide necklace, loin-cloth with a triangular apron and a sporran-like ornament flanked by two uraei, belt,bull's tail
Hatshepsut: sekhem-sceptre
Thutmose III: -
