Thutmose III offering incense to Amun-Ra

Ritual category: -

Ritual type: offering incense

Title of the scene: Title of the scene:
rdj.t snṯr n Jmn jr.f dj ʿnḫ
Offering incense for Amun, he did being 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: Thebes: Karnak, Central Karnak, southern obelisk of Hatshepsut, face c

Architectural part: obelisk

Architectural element: shaft face

Recipient(s): Amun-Ra, Who is Upon the Two Lands (restored)

Position of the recipient(s): turned right, striding with the left arm extended forward and holding the was-sceptre and the right 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 straps, 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 left, striding with both arms extended forward and holding a snṯr-pot in the right hand and extending the left hand towards the pot

Costume of the officiant(s): double crown on a short wig, 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): nw-vases