Amenhotep iii and God Sobek at Luxor Museum
It was a
memorable event when this extraordinary monument came to light at the bottom of
a water-filled shaft.
This adorable
statue shows king Amenhotep iii next and embraced by god Sobek;
God Sobek
represented as a man with a crocodile’s head and he is holding in his right
hand the sign of life ANKH sign and
giving it to the king, who represented standing, putting his hands on his
ceremonial royal kilt and wearing the
royal headcloth NEMES with false
beard sign of divinity, and upon his forehead a copra for protection.
The statue
dates back to 18th dynasty, new kingdom. made out of calcite, and
discovered in Sobek Temple; Dahmasha city in a shaft at Armant canal on july 27
1967.
We have to note
that king Ramses the second obliterated the names of Amenhotep iii from the
statue and added his own inscriptions and cartouches.
GOD SOBEK:
Crocodile god who was portrayed either as acrocodile or
as a man with crocodile’s head, often wearing a headdress consistent of horned
sun disk and upright feathers.
His main
cult center were at upper Egypt in KOM OMBO where he shared a temple with god
Horus, And in fayum region.
There were
however numerous other shrines and temples dedicated to god Sobek throughout the Nile valley such as Gebl El-Silsila and
Geblein.
The temples
of god Sobek usually provided with a pool
containing sacred crocodiles.
AMENHOTEP III:
He is one of kings of 18th dynasty, son and successor of king Tuthmsis the fourth and his mother queen Mutemiya, after his ascension to the throne he got married the beautiful queen Tiye despite she was not royal blood but from humble origin.
His son and
successor to the throne was king Akhenaten.
#mayorofguidance
sources:
the Luxor museum of
ancient Egyptian art
British museum dictionary of ancient Egypt
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