RITE_121 Hatshepsut with the mks-staff and ḥḏ-mace presenting offerings to enthroned Amun-Ra

Jadwiga Iwaszczuk
January 4, 2020

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offering of god's offering

smȝʿ.t ḥtp-nṯr

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

Thebes: West Bank, temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, Upper Terrace, Northern Chamber of Amun, east wall

room

long wall

Amun-Ra, Lord of Thrones of Two Lands (restored)

turned left, enthroned with hands extended forward, the right hand holding a was-sceptre, and the left hand holding an ankh-sign

Amun's feather crown with a long ribbon, divine beard, wide necklace

was-sceptre in the right hand and ankh-sign in the left hand

no attributes

Hatshepsut (erased)

turned left, striding with the right hand in the gesture of invocation and in the left hand holding a mks-staff and ḥḏ-mace

khat-headdress, false beard, wesekh-collar, loin-cloth with a triangular apron, belt, bull's tail

mks-staff and ḥḏ-mace in the left hand