Hatshepsut purifiying ithyphallic Amun-Ra

Katarzyna Kapiec
September 21, 2023

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purification

Title of the scene:
mw dšrt 4 pẖr ḥȝ sp 4 ḏd-mdw sp 4 wʿb sp 2
Four dšrt-vases of water, turn around four times and say four times: it is pure, it is pure

Dating: Hatshepsut

Site: Thebes: East Bank, Karnak, the Chapelle Rouge, sanctuary, north wall (KIU 1646)

bark shrine

sanctuary

Amun-Ra, King of Gods

turned left, ithyphallic form standing on a socle, with the right arm hidden and the left arm raised

Hatshepsut

Position of the officiant(s):
turned right, striding with an arm extended forward in a gesture of purification, holding the desheret-vase and pouring water

khat-headdress, false beard, wide necklace, loin-cloth with a triangular pleated apron and a sporran-like ornament flanked by two uraei, belt, bull's tail

cap, divine beard, wide necklace, ribbon crossed on the chest

fan and shrine

desheret-vase


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