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

Ritual category: -

Ritual type: purification

Title of the scene:
mw [dšr.t 4 j]ṯ r rȝ jṯ [r ʿ] pẖr ḥȝ sp 4 ḏd mdw [sp 4] J[mn-Ra swʿb sp 2]
Water of [four dšr.t-vases tak]en to the mouth and taken [to the hand], going around fo[ur times], words spoken [four times]: A[mun-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, King of Gods, Lord of Heaven (restored)

Position of the recipient(s): ithyphallic form standing on a socle, turned right, with the right arm hidden and the left arm raised

Costume of the recipient(s): Amun's feather crown on a base with a long ribbon, divine bread, wide necklace, ribbon crossed on the chest, armband on the raised arm

Requisites of the recipient(s): no requisites

Attributes of the recipient(s): garden with lettuce

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 dšr.t-vase
royal ka: preserved only traces of Hatshepsut's Horus name and a standard with a royal head

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): dšr.t-vase