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offering nw-vases
unpreserved
Original: Hatshepsut | Erasures: Thutmose III (figure, names and titles of Hatshepsut) and Amarna period (figure, name and titles of Hathor) | Restorations: post-Amarna period (figure, name and titles of Hathor)
Thebes: West Bank, temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, Middle Terrace, Hathor Shrine, Vestibule, niche D, north wall
niche
rear wall
Hathor Who is Upon Thebes (restored)
turned right, standing with the right hand along body holding was-sceptre and the left hand slightly extended forward and holding an ankh-sign
horns of a cow with a sun disk and uraeus pendant on the head, tripartite wig, wide necklace, long dress with two shoulder straps, armlets, wristlets and anklets
ankh-sign in the left hand and was-sceptre in right hand
no attributes
Hatshepsut (erased)
turned left, striding with both hands upraised, the right hand along the body and the left hand holding nw-vases
traces of atef-crown, wesekh-necklace, plain loin-cloth with a stiff triangular front, belt, bull's tail, figure erased completely
nw-vases in both hands
Bibliography:
- Karkowski, Janusz, Beaux, Nathalie, Majerus, Elizabeth, Pollin, Gaël, La chapelle d’Hathor. Temple d’Hatchepsout à Deir el-Bahari I. Vestibule et sanctuaires 3. Planches, Mémoires publiés par les membres de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale 129/3, Le Caire 2012, 74-75, Fig(s). 20, Fig(s). D Hathor 10
- Nelson, Harold Hayden, Key Plans Showing Locations of Theban Temple Decorations, Oriental Institute Publications 56, Chicago 1941, Pl(s). XXXV [lower, 113]
- Moss, Rosalind L.B., Porter, Bertha, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings II. Theban Temples, 2nd ed., Oxford 1972, 352 [44d]
