RITE_118 Hatshepsut praising Amun

Ritual category: daily ritual

Ritual type: praising god

Title of the scene: Title of the scene: dwȝ nṯr sp 4

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

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 (erased)

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

Costume of the recipient(s): Amun's feather crown with a long ribbon, feather tunic with two shoulder straps

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

Attributes of the recipient(s): no attributes

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

Position of the officiant(s): turned left, striding with hands along the body

Costume of the officiant(s): Costume of the officiant(s): white crown, 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): no requisites