Opet Festival
praising god
dwȝ nṯr sp 4
Original: Hatshepsut | Erasures: Thutmose III (figure, name and titles of Hatshepsut) and Amarna period (figure, name and titles of the Theban Triad) | Restorations: Thutmose III (offering table) and post-Amarna period (figure, name and titles of the Theban Triad)
Thebes: West Bank, temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, Upper Terrace, Upper Courtyard, east wall, south wing
courtyard
wall
Theban Triad (only legs preserved)
turned right, enthroned
unpreserved
unpreserved
unpreserved
Hatshepsut (replaced with an offering table) and Thutmose III
Hatshepsut: unpreserved
Thutmose III: turned left, striding with both hands along the body
Hatshepsut: unpreserved
Thutmose III: atef-crown, false beard, falcon necklace, loin-cloth with a triangular pleated apron and a sporran-like ornament flanked by two uraei, belt, bull's tail
no requisites
Bibliography:
- Karkowski, Janusz, Deir el-Bahari, Temple of Hatshepsut: Egyptological Studies 1977-1980, Études et Travaux XIV, 1990, Fig(s). 7, upper part of the scene
- Mariette, Auguste, Deir el-Bahari. Documents topographiques, historiques et ethnographiques recueillis dans ce temple pendant les fouilles éxecutées par Auguste Mariette-Bey, Leipzig 1877, Pl(s). 4 [upper]
- Mariette, Auguste, Deir el-Bahari. Documents topographiques, historiques et ethnographiques recueillis dans ce temple pendant les fouilles éxecutées par Auguste Mariette-Bey, Leipzig 1877, 358 [80.2]
