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royal offering table scene
no title
Original: Hatshepsut | Erasures: Thutmose III (figure, names and titles of Hatshepsut) and Amarna period (figure, name and title of Amun-Ra) | Restorations: post-Amarna period (figure, name and title of Amun-Ra)
Thebes: West Bank, temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, Upper Terrace, Upper Shrine of Anubis, niche, south wall
niche
long wall
Amun-Ra, [Who is Upon] Gods
turned left, enthroned with hands extended forward, holding was-sceptre in his hand
Amun's feather crown with a long ribbon, belt
was-sceptre in his hand
no attributes
Hatshepsut (erased) followed by queen Ahmes
Hatshepsut: turned right, striding, holding mekes-staff ended with a sun disk between cow's horns and hedj-mace in front of her
queen Ahmes: turned right, standing with hands along the body
Hatshepsut: unpreserved
queen Ahmes: wide necklace, long dress with one shoulder straps, wristlets and anklets
Hatshepsut: mekes-staff ended with a sun disk between cow's horns and hedj-mace
queen Ahmes: no requisites
Bibliography:
- Barwik, Mirosław, Deir el-Bahari: The Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Season 2001/2002, Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean XIV (Reports 2002), 2003, 203, Fig(s). 4 (detail)
- Ćwiek, Andrzej, Red, yellow and pink. Ideology of skin hues at Deir el-Bahari, Fontes Archaeologici Posnanienses. Annales Musei Archaeologici Posnaniensis 43, 2007, 46, Fig(s). 17 (queen Ahmes)
- Naville, Edouard, The Temple of Deir el-Bahari. Part I. The North-Western End of the Upper Platform, Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund 13, London 1895, 11, Pl(s). XVI
- Nelson, Harold Hayden, Key Plans Showing Locations of Theban Temple Decorations, Oriental Institute Publications 56, Chicago 1941, Pl(s). XXXVI [429]
- Moss, Rosalind L.B., Porter, Bertha, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings II. Theban Temples, 2nd ed., Oxford 1972, 363 [122e]
- Stupko-Lubczyńska, Anastasiia, Inscribed Vessels Represented in the Chapel of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari?, Études et Travaux XXVII, 2014, Fig(s). 4a-b (vessels)
- Sethe, Kurt, Urkunden der 18. Dynastie. Historisch-biographische Urkunden, Leipzig 1906, 278 (89) a, 298 (95) d (speech of Amun)
- Sethe, Kurt, Urkunden der 18. Dynastie bearbeitet und übersetzt, Leipzig 1914, 127, 136 (speech of Amun)
- 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Maciej G., Certains aspects du culte des dieux funeraires aux temps de la Reine Hatshepsout à Deir el-Bahari, unpublished PhD thesis, Warsaw University, Varsovie 1983, 163–166, Pl(s). T
