Thutmose III offering mḏ.t-oil to Amun-Ra

Ritual category: -

Ritual type: offering mḏ.t-oil

Title of the scene: Title of the scene:
rdj.t mḏ.t
Offering mḏ.t-oil

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, east face (KIU 3340)

Architectural part: obelisk

Architectural element: shaft face

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

Position of the officiant(s): turned left, striding with the right arm extended forward and holding an mḏ.t-oil pot and the left arm extended forward toward the pot

Costume of the officiant(s): henu-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): mḏ.t-oil pot