daily ritual
purification
mw [dšt].t pẖr ḥȝ sp 4 ḏd [mdw] sp [...] wʿb sp 2
Thebes: West Bank, temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, Middle Terrace, Lower Shrine of Anubis, Sanctuary, east wall
sanctuary
long wall
Osiris, the Foremost of Westerners (restored)
turned right, standing on a podium, mummified holding in both hands heka-sceptre, nekhakha-flail, djed-pillar and was-sceptre
white crown, wide necklace, sash, all body mummified
heka-sceptre, nekhakha-flail, djed-pillar and was-sceptre in both hand
no attributes
Hatshepsut (erased)
turned left, striding with both hands raised and extended forward, holding a desheret-vase in both hands
loin-cloth with a triangular apron, bull's tail
desheret-vase in both hands
Bibliography:
- Moss, Rosalind L.B., Porter, Bertha, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings II. Theban Temples, 2nd ed., Oxford 1972, 355 [69.3]
- Naville, Edouard, The Temple of Deir el-Bahari. Part II. The Ebony Shrine. Northern Half of the Middle Platform, Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund 14, London 1896, Pl(s). XLIV-XLV
- Witkowski, Maciej G., Certains aspects du culte des dieux funeraires aux temps de la Reine Hatshepsout à Deir el-Bahari, unpublished PhD thesis, Warsaw University, Varsovie 1983, 120-122, Pl(s). 35, O
