RITE_134 Hatshepsut purifying Amun-Ra with the nms.t-vase

Ritual category: -

Ritual type: purification

Title of the scene:
mw nms.t 4 pẖr ḥȝ sp 4 ḏd mdw sp 4 wʿb sp 2
Purifying with water from nms.t-vase, going around four times, words spoken: be pure twice!

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

Site: Thebes: West Bank, temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, Upper Terrace, Main Sanctuary of Amun, Bark Hall, Niche C, south wall

Architectural part: sanctuary

Architectural element: niche, rear wall

Recipient(s): Amun-Ra, Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands (restored)

Position of the recipient(s): turned left, striding with the right arm along the body holding the was-sceptre and the left arm slightly extended forward and holding the ankh-sign

Costume of the recipient(s)
Amun's feather crown with a long ribbon, wide necklace, feather tunic with two shoulder straps, bull's tail (based on Lepsius, Carl Richard, Denkmäler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien III, Genève 1972, Pl(s). 19 [b])

Requisites of the recipient(s): was-sceptre, ankh-sign

Attributes of the recipient(s): no attributes

Officiant(s): Hatshepsut (erased)

Position of the officiant(s): Position of the officiant(s):
turned right, striding with both arms extended forward and holding four nms.t-vases on a tray with both hands

Costume of the officiant(s): khat-headdress with uraeus, wesekh-collar, triangle apron with a sporran and a pleated apron at the back, belt, bull's tail

Requisites of the officiant(s): four nms.t-vases on a tray