the which des animaux assimilated through king sauvages", physical strength from that this More scenes" would than just a reflect something type of ?hunting the nature of the action has been related to the symbolic Thus, ?maitre sporting activity. Projecting part of the south wing of the First Pylon atMedinet Habu. asideĪn this relief has been from perfection, interpreted, the capacity of the King for victory2, iconographic point of view, as a way of expressing scene preserved and it has also been compared on the back of the with the hunting The scene is titled with the legend: sph nglw-tly Smcw jn nswt ?Lassoing of the long-horned bull of Upper Egypt by theKing". Is holding the rope in his hands, while the second grasps the tail of the beast. made by the above-mentioned II and his son, both of them depicted figures of Ramesses behind the animal, also in a running position, but with a graceful tip-toe attitude: the first shown To the right leg of the mammal's on the bull is The pressure hindquarters. We observe the forequarters also how the rope is This is so because although slightly ear of the horns, pressing the of the animal, forcing the muscles of the neck and to tense, in order to restrain its impetus. The figure of a running bull is shown with its head erect and its horns pointed a rope strains at inclined toward the back. The scene design iswell planned and perfectly balanced. Son, prince Amenhirkhopshef, as ?unusual" by some scholars, was ?Corridor of the Bull" in the cenotaph of king Sethos I inAbydos, II and his eldest Of artistic achievement in the art of the Ramessid example a relief belonging to the decoration of the south rooms, By using an iconologic approach, we offer an alternative explanation based on the valuable of animal human in the and evidences, represented lassoing iconographic figures our opinion, two levels of interpretation: 1) religious from a specific meaning centred on what we believe was a ritualistic Osirian practice, 2) political revealed through what the figures explain and how they complement one another. The Long-horned Bull was Lassoed." A Scene in the ?Corridor of the Bull" an Iconologic of the Cenotaph of Sethos I inAbydos:Ībstract The present article analyses a scene located in the so-called ?Corridor of the Bull" in the cenotaph of are in which king Ramesses II and his eldest son, prince Amenhirkhopshef, king Sethos I in Abydos, a treatment The bull. Helmut Buske Verlag GmbH is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur. For more information about JSTOR, please contact. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. Accessed: 10:12 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at. 43-51 Published by: Helmut Buske Verlag GmbH Stable URL. A Scene in the "Corridor of the Bull" of the Cenotaph of Sethos I in Abydos: An Iconologic Approach Author(s): Lucas Baqué Reviewed work(s): Source: Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur, Bd. "On That Day When the Long-Horned Bull Was Lassoed." (PT 286).
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