foundation ritual
dedication of the temple
no title
Original: Hatshepsut | Erasures: Thutmose III (figure, names and titles of Hatshepsut) and Amarna period (figure, name and titles of Amun) | Restorations: post-Amarna period (figure, name and titles of Amun)
Thebes: West Bank, temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, Lower Terrace, Lower Portico South (Portico of Obelisks), west wall
portico
wall
Amun (name unpreserved, restored)
turned left, striding with the right hand slightly extended forward and holding was-sceptre and the left hand along the body and holding an ankh-sign
Amun's feather crown with a long ribbon, divine beard, wide necklace, tunic with two shoulder straps and a belt, bull's tail
ankh-sign in the left hand and was-sceptre in the right hand
no attributes
Hatshepsut (erased)
turned right, striding with the right hand extended forward
loin-cloth with a triangular apron, figure erased completely
unpreserved
Bibliography:
- Karkowski, Janusz, ‘A Temple Comes to Being’. A Few Comments on the Temple Foundation Ritual, Études et Travaux XXIX, 2016, 113, Fig(s). 3, Études et Travaux XXIX, 2016, 113, Fig(s). 3
- Naville, Edouard, The Temple of Deir el-Bahari. Part VI. The Lower Terrace, Additions and Plans, Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund 29, London 1908, 7, Pl(s). CLIX
- Nelson, Harold Hayden, Key Plans Showing Locations of Theban Temple Decorations, Oriental Institute Publications 56, Chicago 1941, Pl(s). XXXIV [lower, 8]
- Moss, Rosalind L.B., Porter, Bertha, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings II. Theban Temples, 2nd ed., Oxford 1972, 342 [6.4]
- Werbrouck, Marcelle, Le temple d’Hatshepsout à Deir el-Bahari, Bruxelles 1949, 45, Fig(s). 4