Hatshepsut offering a bouquet of flowers, censing and offering milk to the bark of Amun-Ra

Ritual category: -

Ritual type: offering a bouquet of flowers, censing and offering milk

Title of the scene:
1: rd.t sṯj rnp(.w)t nb(.w)t
Offering smell of all plants
2: jr.t snṯr
Censing
3. rd.t jrṯ.t
Offering milk

Dating: Hatshepsut

Site: Site:
Thebes: East Bank, Karnak, the Chapelle Rouge, sanctuary, south wall (KIU 1698)

Architectural part: bark shrine

Architectural element: sanctuary

Recipient(s): Amun-Ra, King of Gods

Position of the recipient(s): bark on a pedestal, turned right

Officiant(s): Hatshepsut (two figures)

Position of the officiant(s): Position of the officiant(s):
Figure 1: turned left, striding, holding a bouquet of flowers in the right hand extended forward and an incense pot in the left hand
Figure 2: turned left, striding, holding milk vases in both hands

Costume of the officiant(s): Costume of the officiant(s):
Figure 1: nemes-headress, false beard, wide necklace, loin-cloth with a triangular pleated apron and a sporran-like ornament flanked by two uraei, belt, bull's taill
Figure 2: nemes-headress, false beard, wide necklace, loin-cloth with a triangular pleated apron and a sporran-like ornament flanked by two uraei, belt, bull's taill

Costume of the recipient(s): -

Requisites of the officiant(s): bouquet of flowers, incense pot, milk vases