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royal offering table scene
[dbḥ.t-ḥtp], ḥtp-dj-[Jm]n-Rʿ n nswt bjtj Mȝʿ.t-kȝ-Rʿ
Original: Hatshepsut | Erasures: Thutmose III (figure, names and titles of Hatshepsut) and Amarna period (figure, name and title of Iunmutef) | Restorations: post-Amarna period (figure, name and title of Iunmutef)
Thebes: West Bank, temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, Upper Terrace, Main Sanctuary of Amun, Bark Hall, niche D, west wall
niche
long wall
Hatshepsut (erased)
turned left, enthroned with both arms extended forward, the right hand with fingers downwards
bull's tail, entire figure erased
unpreserved
unpreserved
Iunmutef, the Purifier of per-wer
turned right, striding with the left arm along the body and holding paws of the leopard skin and the right hand extended forward in a gesture of invocation
leopard skin
no requisites
Bibliography:
- Budzanowski, Mikołaj, Nisze kultowe na Górnym Tarasie świątyni Hatszepsut w Deir el-Bahari. Aspekty kultu królewskiego w Świątyni Milionów Lat Ḏsr-ḏsrw w okresie panowania królowej Hatszepsut, unpublished PhD thesis, Jagiellonian University, Kraków 2004, 95–96, Pl(s). 74A, 76A (Iunmutef), 76B (offering list)
- Naville, Edouard, The Temple of Deir el-Bahari. Part V. The Upper Court and Sanctuary, Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund 27, London 1906, 10-11, Pl(s). CXLVI
- Nelson, Harold Hayden, Key Plans Showing Locations of Theban Temple Decorations, Oriental Institute Publications 56, Chicago 1941, Pl(s). XXXVI [291c]
- Moss, Rosalind L.B., Porter, Bertha, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings II. Theban Temples, 2nd ed., Oxford 1972, 367 [137b]
