The First Pylon of the Mut Temple, South Karnak: Architecture, Decoration, Inscriptions: The Brooklyn Museum Expedition to the Precinct of Mut at South Karnak

The goddess Mut, consort of Amun-Re at Thebes, is one of the goddesses

known as the Eye of Re that include Isis, Hathor and Bastet among

others. Her temple precinct in South Karnak was a major religious site

from at least the early New Kingdom through the early Roman Period, yet

Mut remains relatively unknown. While badly damaged, the gate in the Mut

Temple’s First Pylon bears important religious texts relating to the

goddess and her cult as well as remains of Ramesside scenes recarved in

the Ptolemaic Period. This study of the gateway and its texts, edited by

R.A. Fazzini and J. van Dijk, includes a description of the gateway’s

architecture (W.H. Peck), a detailed study of the figural decoration

(R.A. Fazzini) and transcriptions, translations and analyses of the

inscriptions (J.-C. Goyon, J. van Dijk, H. te Velde). Two appendices

deal with the recarved Ramesside texts (J. van Dijk) and aspects of the

goddess (J.-C. Goyon).