RITE_109 Hatshepsut cleaning an offering table before Amun-Ra

Ritual category: daily ritual

Ritual type: cleaning an offering table

Title of the scene: swʿb wḏḥw

Dating: Original: Hatshepsut  |  Erasures: Thutmose III (figure, names and titles of Hatshepsut) and Amarna period (figure, name and titles of Amun-Ra)  |  Restorations: Thutmose III (figure, names and titles of Hatshepsut) and post-Amarna period (figure, name and titles of Amun-Ra)

Site: Thebes: West Bank, temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, Middle Terrace, Lower Shrine of Anubis, found on the roof, probably from the Main Sanctuary

Object: ebony shrine, The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Cairo, CG 70001, JE 30740

Recipient(s): Amun-Ra (erased)

Position of the recipient(s): turned left, standing with the right hand slightly extended forward and holding was-sceptre and the left hand along the body and holding an ankh-sign

Costume of the recipient(s): Amun's feather crown with a long ribbon, figure almost completely erased

Requisites of the recipient(s): ankh-sign in the left hand and was-sceptre in the right hand

Attributes of the recipient(s): no attributes

Officiant(s): Hatshepsut (replaced with Thutmose II)

Position of the officiant(s): turned right, striding with left hand in a gesture of invocation and holding mekes-staff and hedj-mace in the right hand

Costume of the officiant(s): nemes-headdress, wesekh-collar, loin-cloth with a triangular apron and a sporran-like ornament flanked by two uraei, belt, bull's tail

Requisites of the officiant(s): mekes-staff and hedj-mace in the right hand