Hatshepsut embraced by Amun-Ra

Ritual category: -

Ritual type: embracing

Title of the scene: no title

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

Site: Site:
Thebes: Karnak, Central Karnak, northern obelisk of Hatshepsut, east face (KIU 3338)

Architectural part: obelisk

Architectural element: shaft face

Recipient(s): Amun-Ra (restored)

Position of the recipient(s): turned right, striding with the left arm embracing Hatshepsut and the hand raised behind the head of Hatshepsut and with the right arm bent at the elbow and supporting the right hand of Hatshepsut

Costume of the recipient(s): Amun's feather crown on a base with a long ribbon, divine beard, wide necklace, jacket with two straps, armlets on both arms, wristlets on both wrists, plain loin-cloth, belt, bull's tail

Requisites of the recipient(s): no requisites

Attributes of the recipient(s): no attributes

Officiant(s): Hatshepsut

Position of the officiant(s): turned left, striding with the left arm extended forward and holding the ankh-sign and the right arm lowered along the body and holding the ankh-sign

Costume of the officiant(s): red crown, false beard, wide necklace, armlet on the right arm, wristlets on both wrists, jacket with one strap, Lower Egyptian dress, belt, bull's tail

Requisites of the officiant(s): ankh-signs