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offering of four mrt-chests
ḥw.t 4 sp r mr.t sṯȝ.t
Thebes: West Bank, temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, Middle Terrace, Hathor Shrine, Vestibule, east wall
vestibule
wall
Hathor (restored)
turned left, standing with the right hand along body holding was-sceptre and the left hand slightly extended forward and holding an ankh-sign
long dress with two shoulder straps, wide necklace, armlets, wristlets and anklets
ankh-sign in the left hand and was-sceptre in the right hand
no attributes
Hatshepsut (erased)
turned right, standing with the right hand upraised and holding a sḫm-sceptre and the left hand upraised above the head
atef-crown, false beard, wesekh-collar, loin-cloth with a triangular pleated apron and a sporran-like ornament flanked by two uraei, belt
sḫm-scepter in the right hand
Bibliography:
- Karkowski, Janusz, Beaux, Nathalie, Majerus, Elizabeth, Pollin, Gaël, La chapelle d’Hathor. Temple d’Hatchepsout à Deir el-Bahari I. Vestibule et sanctuaires 3. Planches, Mémoires publiés par les membres de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale 129/3, Le Caire 2012, 22-28, Pl(s). 5, Fig(s). D Hathor 1, D Nekhbet 1-2, R4, 28a, M34, M36
- Egberts, Arno, In Quest of Meaning. A Study of the Ancient Egyptian Rites of Consecrating the Meret-Chests and Driving the Calves. I. Text, Egyptologische Uitgaven XXXVII, Leiden 1993, 12, Pl(s). 12
- Moss, Rosalind L.B., Porter, Bertha, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings II. Theban Temples, 2nd ed., Oxford 1972, 351 [35]
- Nelson, Harold Hayden, Key Plans Showing Locations of Theban Temple Decorations, Oriental Institute Publications 56, Chicago 1941, DB 95
