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driving four calves
no title
Thebes: West Bank, temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, Lower Terrace, Lower Portico North (Portico of Hunting), west wall
portico
wall
ithyphallic Amun-Ra, Lord of Thrones of Two Lands (restored)
turned right, standing on a pedestal with right hand raised behind and holding nekhakha-flail
Amun's feather crown with a long ribbon, divine beard, mummified lower part of the body
nekhakha-flail
no attributes
Thutmose III(?) (name unpreserved)
turned left, striding with the left hand along the body, slightly back and holding a staff and the right hand extended forward and holding four calves on ropes
plain loin-cloth with a sendjyt-kilt, belt, bull's tail
staff in the left hand and four ropes in the right hand
Bibliography:
- Ćwiek, Andrzej, Old and Middle Kingdom Tradition in the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, Études et Travaux XXVII, 2014, 74
- 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, 208
- Giza-Podgórski, Tomasz, Royal Plume Dress of XVIII Dynasty, Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo 40, 1984, 106, incorrectly quoted as the Punt Portico
- Naville, Edouard, The Temple of Deir el-Bahari. Part VI. The Lower Terrace, Additions and Plans, Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund 29, London 1908, Pl(s). CLXI
- Nelson, Harold Hayden, Key Plans Showing Locations of Theban Temple Decorations, Oriental Institute Publications 56, Chicago 1941, Pl(s). XXXIV [lower, 27]
- Moss, Rosalind L.B., Porter, Bertha, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings II. Theban Temples, 2nd ed., Oxford 1972, 342 [8.2]