Tuthmosis III is shown wearing royal regalia, including the shendyt kilt, the nemes headdress, and the uraeus cobra on his forehead. Between his legs one sees the bull tail attached to his belt behind his back, symbol of his manly power. On the sides of the throne is the sema-tawy, a sign composed of the two plants of Upper and Lower Egypt, the lotus and the papyrus, interwoven with the hieroglyph sema (windpipe and lungs), meaning “to join.” Under the feet of the king are the Nine Bows, which represent the enemies of Egypt. These symbols mean that the pharaoh keeps the Two Lands (Egypt) together and protects them against foreign people.
