Hatshepsut pouring out sand in front of Amun-Ra

Jadwiga Iwaszczuk
September 27, 2023

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pouring out sand

Title of the scene:
wšȝ šʿy jr.s dj ʿnḫ
Pouring out sand, what he made being given life

Dating:
Original: Hatshepsut  |  Erasures: Amarna period (figure, name and epithets of Amun-Ra)  |  Restorations: post-Amarna period (figure, name and epithets of Amun-Ra)

Site:
Thebes: Karnak, Central Karnak, northern obelisk of Hatshepsut, east face (KIU 3342)

obelisk

shaft face

Amun-Ra, Who is Upon the the Two Lands, Lord of Heaven (restored)

turned right, striding with the left arm extended forward and holding the was-sceptre and the right arm lowered along the body and holding the ankh-sign

Amun's feather crown on a base with a long ribbon, divine beard, wide necklace, jacket with two straps, armlets on both arms, wristlets on both wrists, plain loin-cloth, belt, bull's tail

was-sceptre, ankh-sign

no attributes

Hatshepsut

turned left, striding with the right arm extended forward and holding a sand pot and the left arm lowered along the body and holding the ankh-sign

shuty-crown on a base, false beard, wide necklace, armlet on the left arm, wristlets on both wrists, loin-cloth with a triangular apron and a sporran-like ornament flanked by two uraei, belt, bull's tail

sand pot


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