The calcite boat chapel inscribed with the names of Amenhotep I and Thutmose I. BiGen 58.
IFAO| N° d'inventaire | 22404 |
| Format | 24 x 32 |
| Détails | 224 pages, illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Cairo, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
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The first volume in the series devoted to the monuments of Amenhotep I at Karnak, the publication of the calcite chapel bearing the names of Amenhotep I and Thutmose I is the culmination of a long scientific process that began with the discovery of the first blocks in the foundations of the south pier of the third pylon in 1914, continued with the reconstruction of the monument in the open-air museum in 1947, through successive drawings of the walls and their photographic documentation, and culminating in this facsimile edition, accompanied by a commented translation. The calcite chapel is a resting place for the processional barque of Amun during his exodus festivals. There is still some doubt about its original location: either inside the "festival courtyard of Thutmose II," or where the "enthronement seat of Amun" would later stand, a proposal that we prefer. Its decoration was reproduced almost identically in the other calcite boat resting places on the site. The specific rites addressed to the boat of Amun are partly those recorded in the Ritual of Amenhotep I known from p.BM 10689 (Chester-Beatty IX) and p.Caire CGC 58030, p. XI + p.Turin, Inv. Suppl. 10125, and which rightly bear the name of "service for the offerings of the festival of Amun-Re."
The first volume in the series devoted to the monuments of Amenhotep I at Karnak, the publication of the calcite chapel bearing the names of Amenhotep I and Thutmose I is the culmination of a long scientific process that began with the discovery of the first blocks in the foundations of the south pier of the third pylon in 1914, continued with the reconstruction of the monument in the open-air museum in 1947, through successive drawings of the walls and their photographic documentation, and culminating in this facsimile edition, accompanied by a commented translation. The calcite chapel is a resting place for the processional barque of Amun during his exodus festivals. There is still some doubt about its original location: either inside the "festival courtyard of Thutmose II," or where the "enthronement seat of Amun" would later stand, a proposal that we prefer. Its decoration was reproduced almost identically in the other calcite boat resting places on the site. The specific rites addressed to the boat of Amun are partly those recorded in the Ritual of Amenhotep I known from p.BM 10689 (Chester-Beatty IX) and p.Caire CGC 58030, p. XI + p.Turin, Inv. Suppl. 10125, and which rightly bear the name of "service for the offerings of the festival of Amun-Re."