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consecrating offerings
Title of the scene:
[nswt ḏ]s.s smȝʿ ḥtp-nṯr ḥnḳt kȝ ȝpd ḫrp wḏḥw ʿšȝ.w n mwt.s Jmn.t nb.t pt
[The king] hers[elf] presents the divine offering of bread, beer, ox, and fowl; consecrates numerous offering tables for her mother Amunet, Lady of Heaven
Dating:
Original: Hatshepsut | Erasures: Thutmose III (figure, name and titles of Hatshepsut)
Site:
Thebes: East Bank, Karnak, the Chapelle Rouge, vestibule, north wall (KIU 1488)
bark shrine
vestibule
Amunet, Lady of Heaven
not preserved
Hatshepsut
Position of the officiant(s):
Hatshepsut: turned right, striding with the right arm extened froward and the left arm lowered along the body
Costume of the officiant(s):
Hatshepsut: loin-cloth with a triangular apron, bull's tail (other details erased)
not preserved
not preserved
not preserved
Bibliography:
- Lacau, Pierre, Chevrier, Henri, Une chapelle d’Hatshepsout à Karnak, Le Caire 1977, 281-285, nos 457-462
- Burgos, Franck, Larché, François, La chapelle Rouge. Le sanctuaire de barque d’Hatshepsout. I. , Paris 2006, 164, nos 457-462
- Kapiec, Katarzyna, The Role of Amunet in the Reign of Hatshepsut, in: Ayad, Mariam, Women in Ancient Egypt. Revisiting Power, Agency, and Autonomy, Cairo 2022, 110-113
