Let’s Read some Hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪 on this relief of Thutmosis III 𓅝𓄠𓋴!
Here is a very nice raised relief in limestone 𓇋𓈖𓈙𓌉 which depicts pharaoh 𓉐𓉻 Thutmosis III 𓅝𓄠𓋴 wearing the blue crown 𓆣𓂋𓈙𓋙 (left). He can be identified based off of the hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪 of his name 𓂋𓈖 that appear to his right.
We are going to start reading from the right since that is the way the hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪 point! Here are the hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪 broken down:
𓊹𓄤 – The Great God
𓎟𓇿𓇿 – 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 𓇋𓏠𓈖𓎹𓏏𓄂𓏏𓀼𓏪 (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 𓄚𓈖𓏏𓏭𓀾𓏪 of them! This relief is depicting a religious precession that took place at Hatshepsut’s 𓇋𓏠𓈖𓎹𓏏𓄂𓏏𓀼𓏪 mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri 𓂦𓂋𓂦𓏥𓉐. This piece was excavated from the temple and is dated to c. 1478-1458 B.C.E.
This relief of Thutmosis III 𓇳𓏠𓆣 is on display at the Brooklyn Museum.
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