Hatshepsut (replaced with Thutmose II) offering milk to ithyphallic Amun-Ra

Ritual category: -

Ritual type: offering milk

Title of the scene:
rdj.t jrt.t n Jmn
Giving milk for Amun

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, north wall

Architectural part: room

Architectural element: inner wall

Recipient(s): Amun-Ra, Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands, Chief of the Ennead, Great God (restored)

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

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

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 both arms extended forward and holding a milk vase in both hands

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 wrists, belt, bull's tail

Requisites of the officiant(s): milk vase