In the next series of scenes on this wall, in the upper register and
clearly defined, we find the king kneeling on the sma symbol. He is
flanked by Thoth, master of the city of the Eight (Heliopolis) on the left and Horus,
great god, master of Mesen.t. Hence, the king is joining the Two Lands
of the North and South "under his feet", and the gods are assuring him
of the monarchy. The horizontal bar on which the king is kneeling always
indicates a significant measurement.
In the lower register, the barque
of Amun is resting in a large naos (of which only a small part of the
uraei frieze of the dais can be seen). Before it sits
the barques of Khonsu and Mut.
All of these wall sculptures are rendered in sunk
relief, with the exception of the naos of the barque.
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