Red Chapel

last update: 15.11.2009

North Wall - Block No. 186


Stone: red quartzite (origin - from the "Red Mountains" of Djebel Akhmar, an area near Heliopolis)

Coronation, the block shows the coronation of Hatshepsut by Amun who is sitting in the pr-wr. Hatshepsut is kneeling in front of Amun, the lion-headed goddess Weret-Hekau, "Lady of Heaven, Queen of the Two Lands" is shown standing in front of the pr-wr.


Note(s): see also block 261 of the south-wall

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Copyright: Dr. Karl H. Leser (Iufaa)