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Relief of Thutmosis III – Video

Let’s Read some Hieroglyphs π“ŠΉπ“Œƒπ“ͺ on this relief of Thutmosis III 𓅝𓄠𓋴!

Here is a very nice raised relief in limestone π“‡‹π“ˆ–π“ˆ™π“Œ‰ which depicts pharaoh 𓉐𓉻 Thutmosis III 𓅝𓄠𓋴 wearing the blue crown π“†£π“‚‹π“ˆ™π“‹™ (left). He can be identified based off of the hieroglyphs π“ŠΉπ“Œƒπ“ͺ of his name π“‚‹π“ˆ– that appear to his right. 

We are going to start reading from the right since that is the way the hieroglyphs π“ŠΉπ“Œƒπ“ͺ point! Here are the hieroglyphs π“ŠΉπ“Œƒπ“ͺ broken down: 

π“ŠΉπ“„€ – The Great God

π“ŽŸπ“‡Ώπ“‡Ώ – Lord of the Two Lands

𓇳𓏠𓆣 – Menkheperra (Thutmosis III’s throne name) 

Also on the right is the remnant of another person – most likely the pharaoh 𓉐𓉻 Hatshepsut π“‡‹π“ π“ˆ–π“ŽΉπ“π“„‚π“π“€Όπ“ͺ (a portion of a shoulder and a crown are seen, so the presence of the crown allows us to infer that it is in fact another royal figure). 

What is super interesting about this piece is that the images 𓏏𓅱𓏏𓏦 of the pharaohs 𓉐𓉻𓏦 that are carved are not the actual pharaohs 𓉐𓉻𓏦 themselves, but statues π“„šπ“ˆ–π“π“­π“€Ύπ“ͺ of them! This relief is depicting a religious precession that took place at Hatshepsut’s π“‡‹π“ π“ˆ–π“ŽΉπ“π“„‚π“π“€Όπ“ͺ mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri 𓂦𓂋𓂦π“₯𓉐. This piece was excavated from the temple and is dated to c. 1478-1458 B.C.E.Β 

This relief of Thutmosis III 𓇳𓏠𓆣 is on display at the Brooklyn Museum.

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