Architrave di Amenemhat i e divinità ca. 1981–1952 a.C. Regno di mezzo in questo sollievo Amenemhat mi viene mostrato celebrare il suo trentennale giubileo (Sed Festival), dimostrando ritualmente che era ancora vigoroso e adatto a governare. Il re è affiancato dal dio Anubis, che ha la testa del diacro, e dal Falco Horus, divinità strettamente associate ai rituali di incoronazione; ogni dio gli offre una ankh, il geroglifico per la vita. A sinistra si trova Nekhbet, dea patrona dell'Alto Egitto (il sud), e a destra si trova Wadjet del basso Egitto (il nord), creando una composizione simmetrica che evoca la terra unificata.

• Collaboratore: MET/BOT / Alamy Foto Stock
• ID dell’immagine: 2HH6PM0
• Dimensioni dei file: 12 MB (1,2 MB Download compresso)
• Liberatorie: Modello - no | Proprietà - no
• Dimensioni: 4000 x 1048 px | 33,9 x 8,9 cm | 13,3 x 3,5 inches | 300dpi
• Data acquisizione: 21 gennaio 2022

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Lintel of Amenemhat I and Deities ca. 1981–1952 B.C. Middle Kingdom In this relief Amenemhat I is shown celebrating his thirty-year jubilee (Sed Festival), ritually demonstrating that he was still vigorous and fit to rule. The king is flanked by the jackal-headed god Anubis and the falcon-headed Horus, deities closely associated with coronation rituals; each god offers him an ankh, the hieroglyph for life. To the left stands Nekhbet, patron goddess of Upper Egypt (the south), and on the right is Wadjet of Lower Egypt (the north), creating a symmetrical composition that evokes the unified land. The king wears a tightly curled wig, with an uraeus cobra on his brow to protect him from his enemies, and the false beard of kingship. He carries a flail, also a symbol of his rule, and a ceremonial instrument known as a mekes.The first king of Dynasty 12, Amenemhat I is known to have been born in the south of Egypt, and may have served as vizier to the last ruler of the previous dynasty, Mentuhotep IV. Early in his reign, he moved the capital from Thebes to a new city in the north, Itj-tawy. In order to ensure the stability of his new dynasty, he also appears to have established a coregency with his son, Senwosret I, ten years before his demise.This block was found in the foundations of the king's mortuary temple at Lisht, the royal cemetery of the new capital. It was reused from an earlier building that stood either at the same site or somewhere else in the area of Itj-tawy. The low relief carving is delicate, with many details only indicated by the well-preserved paint. In style, it is transitional between the Theban reliefs of Dynasty 11 (see for example 07.230.2) and that of the "Memphite" (northern) school, which would become the classical style of the Middle Kingdom. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #3315. Relief Decorated Lintel from a Building of King Amenemhat I Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript