Hatshepsut consecrating meret-chests and Thutmose III performing the adoration in front of the processional bark of Amun

Katarzyna Kapiec
September 7, 2023

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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

Thutmose III: turned right, striding with both arms lowered along the body

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: -


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