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Amenhotep I Calcite Chapel Amenhotep I Calcite Chapel Originally built by Amenhotep I - 1525 BCE to 1504 BCE Modified by Hatshepsut - 1479 BCE to 1458 BCE Destroyed by: Thutmose III - 1479 BCE to 1425 BCE Other works initiated by Amenhotep I: Middle Kingdom Court, Amenhotep I Limestone Chapel Other works initiated by Hatshepsut: Obelisks of Festival Hall West Pair, Palace of Ma’at, 8th Pylon, Obelisks at Contra Temple, Obelisks of Wadjet Hall, Wad- jet Hall, Red Chapel, Pylon and Festival Court of Thutmose II Other works destroyed by Thutmose III: Red Chapel Other shrines: Amenhotep II Shrine, Contra Temple, Osiris Catacombs, Osiris Coptite, Osiris Heqa-Djet, Palace of Ma’at, Central Bark Shrine, Ramesses II Eastern Temple, Ramesses III Temple, Red Chapel, Sety II Shrine, Taharqo Kiosk, Thutmose III Shrine, White Chapel, Edifice of Amenhotep II, Chapel of Hakoris, Amenhotep I Limestone Chapel, Station of the King and Corridor Introduction The chapel of Amenhotep I was a roofed rectangular structure made of large blocks of calcite with access doors on its short sides. The interior relief scenes are the oldest surviving depictions of the sacred bark of the statue of the god Amun-Ra of Karnak. Each of the chapel’s exterior sides were decorated with a single scene related to temple festivals. The chapel has been reconstructed in modern times in the “open air museum” at Karnak. Measurements: The chapel is 3.6m across, 6.75m deep, and 4.5m high. Phase: Amenhotep I Amenhotep I built the chapel as a ritual space to house the bark of Amun-Ra. Wooden doors on the shrine’s short ends could be closed to protect the sanctity of the god. Left incomplete by Amenhotep I, the decoration on the chapel’s south wall was finished by Thutmose I. The chapel may have stood in the so-called “Middle Kingdom Court,” serving as the main bark shrine for the portable bark Amenhotep I Calcite Chapel in its existing state. Amenhotep I Calcite Chapel of Amun-Ra. Construction materials: white calcite (“Egyptian alabaster”), wood About the reconstruction model of this phase The digital model of the chapel was created based on the reconstruction drawings of Carlotti (1995: pl. XI). The chapel’s position in the center of the “Middle Kingdom Court” is based on the traditional assumption that the chapel functioned as the main bark shrine for the temple under Amenhotep I (Graindorge (1999: 173-175, Fig. 1; Blyth 2006: 34-36). Photographs of the chapel in the “open air museum” in Karnak were used to recreate the appearance of the interior and exterior walls of the struc- ture. A plain calcite stone pattern was used to decorate the roof. An alternative interpretation for the location for the calcite chapel is given by Graindorge in her more recent reconstruction of the early Amenhotep I form of Karnak (2002: fig. 4). Graindorge now argues that the calcite shrine may have stood in the temple forecourt, west of the later 4th pylon. A wooden chapel (no longer extant) would have served as the main shrine. Phase: Hatshepsut Hatshepsut may have moved the bark from the central area of the temple to a position along the southern festival processional, just south east of her new py- lon (pylon eight). In its place she erected her own bark shrine, the “red chapel.” Destruction: Thutmose III Thutmose III may have dismantled or moved the shrine, building an iden- Renderings of the Calcite Chapel tical calcite chapel near the seventh pylon. The king gave his new shrine as completed during the reign of the same name as the shrine of Amenhotep I. Where the Amenhotep I Amenhotep I. chapel was placed at this time is unknown. In the reign of Amenhotep III, the calcite chapel was used as fill in the king’s construction of the third pylon. About the reconstruction model of this phase If the calcite chapel did not function as the main shrine of the temple dur- ing the reign of Amenhotep I, the construction of the “red chapel” in the “Middle Kingdom Court” of the temple would have replaced Amenhotep © 2008 All rights reserved. Sullivan 2008, Amenhotep I Calcite Chapel. Digital Karnak. 2 Regents of the University of California. Amenhotep I Calcite Chapel I’s wooden shrine, not the calcite chapel. In this case, the calcite chapel could have remained in a forecourt of the temple, west of the 4th pylon. The chapel may have been incorporated later into the architecture of the Thutmose IV peristyle in the festival hall of Thutmose II (Letellier and Larché 2014: pls.3-7). (page updated 2015) Bibliography and Sources Used for Model Construction Carlotti, Jean-François (1995), “Contribution à l’ étude métrologique de quelques monuments du temple d’Amon-Rê à Karnak.” Cahiers de Karnak, vol. X, 65-127. Graindorge, Catherine (2002), “Der Tempel des Amun-Re von Karnak zu Beginn der 18.Dynastie,” in Ägyptologische Tempeltagung: Würzburg, 23.-26. Septem- ber 1999, vol. 5. : , 83-90. Graindorge, Catherine and Philippe Martinez (1999), “Programme architectural et iconographique des monuments d’Amenophis I a Karnak.” Annales du service des antiquités de l’Égypte, vol. 74, 169-182. Further reading Blyth, Elizabeth (2006), Karnak: evolution of a temple. London: Routledge. Graindorge, Catherine and Philippe Martinez (1989), “Karnak avant Karnak.” Bulletin de la Société française d’égyptologie, vol. 115, 36-55. Letellier, Bernadette and François Larché (2014), La cour à portique de Thout- mosis IV. Paris: Soleb. © 2008 All rights reserved. Sullivan 2008, Amenhotep I Calcite Chapel. Digital Karnak. 3 Regents of the University of California..
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