RITE_18 Hatshepsut purifying Amun-Ra with mw nms.t

Ritual category: daily ritual

Ritual type: purification

Title of the scene: mw nms.t pẖr ḥȝ sp 4 ḏd mdw sp 4 Wsjr wʿb sp 2 Jmn

Site: Thebes: West Bank, temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, Upper Terrace, Main Sanctuary of Amun, Statue Room, south wall

Architectural part: sanctuary

Architectural element: long wall

Recipient(s): Amun-Ra, [the Foremost] of Ḏsr-ḏsrw (restored)

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

Costume of the recipient(s): Amun's feather crown with a long ribbon, divine beard, wide necklace, tunic with two shoulder straps, belt, bull's tail

Requisites of the recipient(s): ankh-sign in the left hand and was-sceptre in the right hand

Attributes of the recipient(s): no attributes

Officiant(s): Hatshepsut (name erased)

Position of the officiant(s): turned left, striding and holding a nms.t-vase in both hands

Costume of the officiant(s): nemes-headdress, false beard, wesekh-collar, loin-cloth with a triangular pleated apron and a sporran-like ornament flanked by two uraei, belt, bull's tail, wristlet on the right hand

Requisites of the officiant(s): nemeset-vase in both hands