RITE_116 Hatshepsut embraced by Amunet

Jadwiga Iwaszczuk
January 4, 2020

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embracing

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Original: Hatshepsut  |  Erasures: Thutmose III (figure, names and titles of Hatshepsut) and Amarna period (figure, name and titles of Amunet)  |  Restorations: Thutmose III (figure, names and titles of Thutmose II) and post-Amarna period (figure, name and titles of Amunet)

Thebes: West Bank, temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, Upper Terrace, Southern Room of Amun, north wall

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wall

Amunet, [...] Jp.t-s.wt

turned left, standing with the right hand embracing Hatshepsut with hand touching the crown and the left hand bent at the elbow and holding arm of Hatshepsut

red crown, wide necklace, long dress with two shoulder straps

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Hatshepsut (replaced with Thutmose II)

turned right, striding with the left hand slightly extended forward and holding a mks-staff and the right hand along the body and holding an ankh-sign

white crown, false beard, wesekh-collar, tunic with two shoulder straps, Upper Egyptian dress, belt and a dagger attached to it, bull's tail, wristlets

mks-staff in the left hand, ankh-sign the right hand, dagger at the belt