RITE_50 Hatshepsut purifying Osiris

Jadwiga Iwaszczuk
December 26, 2019

daily ritual

purification

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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