Decoration of the Two Chests from the Frieze of Objects in the Southern Room of Amun in the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari

• Authors: Katarzyna Kapiec
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

During epigraphic works carried out in the Southern Room of Amun (Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari) in season of 2014/2015 painted decoration of two chests with sloping lid from the frieze of objects was recorded. On the side of each chest there are two offering scenes, painted with the use of red colour on the yellow background. In those scenes Hatshepsut is the celebrant and Amun-Re is the beneficiary of the offered goods. Names of the king and the god are originally preserved. The content of these chests, described with the use of labelling inscriptions next to each one of them, and the royal iconography in offering scenes are an expression of the renewal aspect, referring to the king. No analogies to this type of decoration on chests have been found so far.

Keywords

EN

New Kingdom Egypt; Hatshepsut; Amun-Re; Southern Room of Amun; Deir el-Bahari temple; frieze of objects; chests with sloping lid

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych PAN
• Journal: Études et Travaux (Institut des Cultures Méditerranéennes et Orientales de l’Académie Polonaise des Sciences)
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 29
• Pages: 95–110

Contributors

author

Katarzyna Kapiec

• Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Warszawa

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