At Medinet Habu, at "Pillar M where Thutmosis III stands before Seth, 'Lord of Upper Egypt, Lord of Heaven',
(photo credit: Dr. Karl H. Leser (Iufaa), who has a very educational website.
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Dr. Leser explains, "All representations always show Thutmosis III before a divinity,". But sadly,
"Almost all representations of the divinities were erased in the time of Akhnaton and restored in the 19th dynasty." Whether due to 'erasures' of Akhnaton, or to later 'heretics', or just the ravages of time, there's still quite a bit of damage, and forms are hard to read. Thus, I enlarged the original and put a transparent layer over it to create a clarifying line drawing: |
| Here is another scene from Medinet Habu, which features Set and Horus blessing the accession of the pharoah, as many pharaohs have depicted: |
Photo credit: Lori Francz, uncropped original underneath
Even though it's quite badly damaged, Set's distinctive form shows.
