Hatshepsut followed by her ka (replaced with an offering table and personified ankh-sign) puryifing Amun-Ra with water from the nms.t-vase

Ritual category: -

Ritual type: purification

Title of the scene:
mw nms.t 4 jṯ r rȝ jṯ r ʿ pẖr ḥȝ sp 4 ḏd mdw sp [4] Jmn-Ra swʿb sp 2
Water of four nms.t-vases taken to the mouth and taken to the hand, going around four times, words spoken [four times]: Amun-Ra, twice pure!

Dating: Dating:
Original: Hatshepsut  |  Erasures: Thutmose III (figure, name and titles of Hatshepsut and her ka) and Amarna period (figure, name and epithets of Amun-Ra)  |  Restorations: Thutmose III (offering table and personified ankh-sign) and post-Amarna period (figure, name and epithets of Amun-Ra)

Site: Thebes: West Bank, 18th dynasty temple at Medinet Habu, room P, north wall

Architectural part: room

Architectural element: inner wall

Recipient(s): Amun-Ra

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

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

Requisites of the recipient(s): no requisites

Attributes of the recipient(s): was-sceptre, ankh-sign

Officiant(s): Hatshepsut (replaced with an offering table and personified ankh-sign)

Position of the officiant(s): Position of the officiant(s):
Hatshepsut: turned left, striding with both arms raised and extended forward and puryifing Amun-Ra with water from the nms.t-vase

Costume of the officiant(s): khat-headdress, loin-cloth with a triangular apron and a sporran-like ornament flanked by two uraei, belt

Requisites of the officiant(s): nms.t-vase