Hatshepsut (replaced with Thutmose II) censing and pouring cold water in front of ithyphallic Amun-Ra

Ritual category: -

Ritual type: censing and pouring cool water

Title of the scene:
jr.t snṯr ḳbḥw
Censing (and) pouring cool water

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

Site: Thebes: West Bank, 18th dynasty temple at Medinet Habu, room N, east wall

Architectural part: room

Architectural element: inner wall

Recipient(s): Amun-Ra, Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands, Lord of Heaven, Ruler of Thebes (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 with a long ribbon, divine bread, wide necklace, ribbon crossed on the chest

Requisites of the recipient(s): no requisites

Attributes of the recipient(s): fan and shrine

Officiant(s): Hatshepsut (names and titles replaced with these of Thutmose II)

Position of the officiant(s): turned left, striding with the left arm extended forward and holding a bowl with incense, and with the right arm extended forward holding the ḳbḥw-vase with cold water

Costume of the officiant(s): nemes-headdress, false beard, wide necklace, loin-cloth with a triangular apron and a sporran-like ornament flanked by two uraei, wristlets on both arms, belt, bull's tail

Requisites of the officiant(s): bowl with incense, ḳbḥw-vase with cold water