RITE_36 Enthroned Hatshepsut in front of an offering table with an offering list, before her Iunmutef

Ritual category: -

Ritual type: royal offering table scene

Title of the scene: jr.t ḥtp-dj-nswt wʿb sp 2-nw n Mȝʿ.t-kȝ-Rʿ; dbḥ.t-ḥtp

Site: Thebes: West Bank, temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, Upper Terrace, Complex of the Solar Cult, Altar Courtyard, west wall, niche B, north wall

Architectural part: niche

Architectural element: long wall

Recipient(s): Hatshepsut (erased)

Position of the recipient(s): turned left, enthroned, figure completely erased

Costume of the recipient(s): unpreserved

Requisites of the recipient(s): unpreserved

Attributes of the recipient(s): unpreserved

Officiant(s): Iunmutef, the Purifier of per-wer

Position of the officiant(s): turned right, striding with both arms along the body and holding paws of the leopard skin in his hands

Costume of the officiant(s): leopard skin

Requisites of the officiant(s): no requisites

Bibliography:

Budzanowski, Mikołaj, Nisze kultowe na Górnym Tarasie świątyni Hatszepsut w Deir el-Bahari. Aspekty kultu królewskiego w Świątyni Milionów Lat Ḏsr-ḏsrw w okresie panowania królowej Hatszepsut, unpublished PhD thesis, Jagiellonian University, Kraków 2004, 151–152, Pl(s). 111 [right]
Karkowski, Janusz, The Temple of Hatshepsut. The Solar Complex, Deir el-Bahari VI, Varsovie 2003, 247–248, Pl(s). 48, 48bis
Naville, Edouard, The Temple of Deir el-Bahari. Part I. The North-Western End of the Upper Platform, Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund 13, London 1895, 7, Pl(s). VII
Moss, Rosalind L.B., Porter, Bertha, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings II. Theban Temples, 2nd ed., Oxford 1972, 362 [117b]
Rummel, Ute, Pfeiler Seiner Mutter – Beistand Seines Vaters, Untersuchungen zum Gott Iunmutef vom Alten Reich bis zum Ende des Neuen Reiches. Teil II : Katalog, unpublished PhD thesis, Hamburg 2003, cat. no. 11B