Throne Chairs and Ceremonies for the Golden King Tutankhamun
1.Throne Chair of the Golden King Tutankhamun
The throne of Tutankhamun was made of wood covered with gold and silver and decorated with semi-precious stones and colored glass.
The queen is represented on the pedestal, as she anoints the king with perfume while the sun’s Aten sends its rays towards the royal couple.
The king wears a thorny crown and a wide necklace, while the queen wears a beautiful wreath on her head.
The bodies of the king and queen were inlaid with colored glass, while the bodies were overlaid with silver, simulating white linen.
The front of the two arms of the throne is protected by two lions, while the rest are shaped like two winged serpents, crowned with the double crown, where they protect the king’s name.
The throne was provided with a footstool of wood carved with symbolic images of Egypt’s northern and southern enemies, known as the Nine Arches, tied and lying on the ground in humiliation.
The depicted birds, known as rakhit, denoting the common people, are represented here under the king’s control.
2.Ceremonial chair of the golden king Tutankhamun
A throne with dense inscriptions is one of the masterpieces of Tutankhamun’s treasures and was found inside a room known as the “Annexe Room” in his tomb.
The throne is in the form of a foldable seat with a back added. It is made of carved wood inlaid with ivory and ebony and painted in colors that imitate tiger skin, while the legs end with beautiful inlaid duck heads.
Between the legs is an open half-work of the symbol “Sima-Tawi,” representing the union of the two countries. Thieves stole the other half for the gold flakes that were covering it.
The seatback is made of wood covered with gold foil and inlaid with semi-precious stones and colored glass. On the upper back, the eagle is shown with its wings spread to protect the king’s name.
The throne was made at the beginning of Tutankhamun’s reign, as indicated by his name written inside the royal cartouche, as “Tutankhaten.”
Carter likened this throne to the folded benches that bishops used in cathedrals. In addition, the delicate woodwork on the back is very similar to delicate Islamic art.
Dimensions: Height 102 cm – Width 70 cm
3.A chair resembling the throne of the golden king Tutankhamun
King Tutankhamun’s chair – a chair similar to the throne chair engraved on the back of a figure embodying the figure of the eternal god Hoh, which shows the ankh sign hanging on his right arm, and the similarity with the throne chair are evident in the lower part of the chair. In contrast, the chair rests on legs like leopard claws.
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