RITE_126 Hatshepsut followed by her ka embracing ithyphallic Amun

Jadwiga Iwaszczuk
January 5, 2020

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praising god

dwȝ-nṯr sp 4

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, Upper Terrace, Complex of the Solar Cult, Vestibule (Night Sun Chapel), south wall

vestibule

entrance wall

ithyphallic Amun (name unpreserved)

turned left, standing on a pedestal, preserved only lower part of the figure

only long ribbon at the back preserved

no requisites

garden on sḥ-nṯr behind the figure

Hatshepsut (erased)

turned right, bowed, with her left hand supporting the arm of Amun and the right hand placed on his hips

traces of ibes-wig, loin-cloth with a triangular apron

no requisites