A guide to the Egyptian collections in the British MuseumBritish Museum. Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities
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A guide to the Egyptian collections in the British Museum
British Museum. Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities
Egypt -- Antiquities
Among the many monuments of Thothmes III and his reign may be mentioned:
=1.= The magnificent =head=, in red granite, from a colossal statue of
the king, found by Belzoni at Karnak (No. =360=, Northern Gallery; see
=Plate XXXI=); the total height of the head and crown is 9 ft. 5 in.,
and the width of the face is 2 ft. 7½ in. =2.= Massive granite monument
with figures of the god Menthu-Rā and Thothmes III in relief (Bay 2, No.
=363=). =3.= Fragment of the obelisk set up by the king at Heliopolis
(Bay 12, No. =364=); and a door jamb from a temple of Thothmes III at
Wâdî Ḥalfah (Bay 10, No. =365=). Of interest, too, are the cast of a
granite =sphinx= bearing the name of Thothmes III on its breast (Northern
Gallery, No. =366=); the cast of the famous granite stele inscribed with
an =address to the king by Ȧmen-Rā=, in which the god describes the
exploits of Thothmes III (Central Saloon, No. =367=); portion of a stele
dated in the 35th year of Thothmes III (Bay 11, No. =368=); slab with
scenes of =Ȧmen-ḥetep I= and =Thothmes III= adoring the gods (Bay 12, No.
=369=). Among smaller objects inscribed with his name may be mentioned
the =glass jug=, gold =rings=, =razor= (?), tools and =weapons in
bronze=, and =bricks= made of Nile mud, exhibited in the Third and Fourth
Egyptian Rooms. There are also the stele of =Messnȧu=, a priest in his
temple (Bay 8, No. =372=), and the statue of =Netchem=, who prayed to the
royal _Ka_ of Thothmes III 𓇓𓏏𓈖𓂔𓍹𓇳𓏠𓆣𓍺 (Bay 9, No. =373=). To the joint
reign of Thothmes III and Ḥātshepset belongs the =statue of Ȧnebni=,
the master of the armoury, which was set up to his memory by his august
master and mistress (Bay 9, No. =374=).
[Sidenote: B.C. 1500.]
=Ȧmen-ḥetep II= fought in Syria, and penetrated the Sûdân as far as Wâd
Bâ-Nagaa, about 80 miles north of Kharṭûm; he caused the body of one
of the chiefs whom he had slain in Syria to be sent to Napata (Gebel
Barkal), and hung upon the city walls to strike terror into the Nubians.
Of monuments of his reign may be noted: The royal =ushabti figure= in
diorite (Wall-case 84, Second Egyptian Room, No. 7); the =glass= and
=alabaster= vessels (Table-case H in the Third Egyptian Room), and the
=axe-head= in Table-case B in the Fourth Egyptian Room; the stele of
=Ȧthu=, second priest of the king (Bay 4, No. =375=); and the portion of
the bowl dedicated by the scribe Teḥutimes (Bay 12, No. =376=).
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