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censing and pouring cool water
Title of the scene:
jr.t ḳbḥw [snṯr] jr.f. dj ʿnḫ
Censing and pouring cool water, he did being given
Amenhotep III
Thebes: East Bank, Luxor temple, Hypostyle Hall, south wall, door frame, right jamb
Hypostyle Hall
door jamb
Amun[-Ra], Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands, [...] of Jp.t-s.wt
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
Amun's feather crown on a base with a long ribbon, divine beard, wide necklace, wristlets on both wrists, plain loin-cloth, belt, bull's tail
was-sceptre, ankh-sign
no attributes
Amenhotep III
turned left, striding with both arms extended forward, holding an incense pot in the left hand and pouring water on a small altar from the ḥs-vase held in the right hand
khepresh-crown, false beard, wide necklace, loin-cloth with a triangular apron and a sporran-like ornament flanked by two uraei, belt, bull's tail
incense-pot and ḥs-vase
Bibliography:
- Gayet, Albert, Le temple de Louxor. 1er fascicule, Constructions d'Aménophis III, cour d'Aménophis, salle hypostyle, salles des offertoires, salle du lever et sanctuaire de Maut, Mémoires publiés par les membres de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale 15, Paris 1894, Pl(s). XVII, Fig(s). 64
- Moss, Rosalind L.B., Porter, Bertha, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings II. Theban Temples, 2nd ed., Oxford 1972, 320 (117b)
