The Great Hypostyle Hall at the Temple of Amun, Karnak

The King making offerings before Montu

the king  wears the blue khepresh helmet. He is on his knees and is making offerings to Montu, who is in the heart of Thebes. The king offers three papyrus stems in his right hand and a bouquet of budding and flowering lotuses in his left. Montu, holding the was scepter with his right and and the ankh in his left, is standing..
The King makes offerings such as bread before Amun (standing)
The King makes offerings such as bread before Amun (standing) 

king kneeling, this time before Amun. Above the king is the vulture god, Nekhebet. In this scene, the king offers breads, plucked and trussed geese and a bouquet of lotus buds and flowers on a platter to Amun. In return, Amun gives him "all life, stability, strength, and all enlargement of the heart, as Ra"

The Sacred Barque of AmunThe lower register is in very poor condition, but we can make out the upper part of a naos in which the sacred barque of Amun rests.

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