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DEIR EL BAHARI.
Plato CXXIX.—The chamber of which this is the
northern wall has been terribly destroyed by the Copts.
The southern wall has disappeared entirely. This room
was built by Hatshepsu to her dead father, Thothmes I.
There he was to be worshipped and to receive offerings
exactly like those which were presented to her in the
adjoining hall, even during her lifetime. Hatshepsu
seems always to have been grateful to her father.
jDrobably because in associating her in the royal
power he had tried to make her the legitimate heir of
the crown. Since we know that she put her father's
coffin in her tomb, we need not wonder that she
built also to Thothmes I. a funerary hall of offerings
next to her own. The name of this chamber is :
"JAG
JSASII"-^' tl,e<:l,„ml»
P-
of Aakheperkara when he receives the north wind of
Amon."
Thothmes L, with his ha behind him, is seated on a
throne, exactly like that of his daughter in the next
room. Before him is an altar covered with all kinds
of cakes, meats and vegetables ; the text says that
" All the good things are collected on the altar." It
is Seb who is said to lead the procession of priests,
similar to that coming towards the queen in the next
hall. Very little remains of the procession ; at the
end of the room Hatshepsu, standing, is dedicating all
these things to her father.
This is the only instance where we see Hatshepsu
acting as priestess to her father. There were probably
some others which have disappeared with the erasures.
Here the queen is erased ; Thothmes I. has been left
intact as well as his ha. The sculptures arc very
delicate, but they have suffered grievously at the
hands of the Copts.
PLATES CXXX.-CXXXHI.
CHAMBEE AT SOUTH-WEST CORNER OF UPPER COURT.
It is not always easy to recognize the purpose for
which some of the chambers were built. This is the
case with a small chamber which opens in the south-
western corner of the Central Court, and which has a
ceiling of largo blocks painted blue, with yellow stars.
However, the inscription seems to show that it is the
, , the pa duat, where special ceremonies were
performed every. day. This chamber of worship is
specially dedicated, not to the queen, but to Amon
himself, as we gather from the sculptures, where no
other god appears but him.
Plate CXXX.—Tho doorway was inscribed with the
names of the queen and her nephew. On the lintel and
on the scene next to the entrance, the name of Hatshepsu
has been replaced by that of Thothmes II., as is the
case on nearly all sculptures in the Upper Court. Tho
doorposts both indicate that the chamber was con-
secrated to Amon. On tho left, the one belonging to
Thothmes III., his cartouche is Menhheperlcara, a
cartouche which ho gave up entirely when he reigned
alone, and which is only employed in places whore,
not being in tho immediate vicinity of the queen,
he might be thought to reign alone in his own
right.
Above the lintel are engraved the chief offerings
which will be brought to the god. On tho top row
are vases of different forms, containing various kinds
of incense or oil. Anions; them is ® <S\ ,
"the best quality of anti." On the lower row are boxes
said to contain bags of some substance, the first is
called the first bag, but we do not know of what.
The second box seems to contain some tissue. The
third one cannot bo determined, tho signs beins
indistinct. As for the fourth and the fifth boxes, they
appear to contain precious stones.
The goddess, who had been completely erased, is not
of very frequent occurrence. She is the female form
of Amon, Amonit. Her statue was found at Karnak
not long ago. Khuenaten destroyed her as completely
as he did her consort.
Plate CXXXI.—The queen, whose name has been
changed, as everywhere in this chamber, into that of
Thothmes II., offers to Amon four vases of a kind or
scent. Tho vases are probably of glass. Behind her
is her lea, whom I believe to be the protective element,
tho =5tss» sa, without whom she could not live ; and
in fact it is said of him, that " he is the royal ha,
the living one, the lord of the two lands, in his shrine
in the Pa Duat ; he gives her all life, happiness,
stability, all health, in his power, all joy, in his power,
as to Ra." Above tho queen is, as usual, the vulture-
goddess, Xekheb, holding the ring, which may be
Plato CXXIX.—The chamber of which this is the
northern wall has been terribly destroyed by the Copts.
The southern wall has disappeared entirely. This room
was built by Hatshepsu to her dead father, Thothmes I.
There he was to be worshipped and to receive offerings
exactly like those which were presented to her in the
adjoining hall, even during her lifetime. Hatshepsu
seems always to have been grateful to her father.
jDrobably because in associating her in the royal
power he had tried to make her the legitimate heir of
the crown. Since we know that she put her father's
coffin in her tomb, we need not wonder that she
built also to Thothmes I. a funerary hall of offerings
next to her own. The name of this chamber is :
"JAG
JSASII"-^' tl,e<:l,„ml»
P-
of Aakheperkara when he receives the north wind of
Amon."
Thothmes L, with his ha behind him, is seated on a
throne, exactly like that of his daughter in the next
room. Before him is an altar covered with all kinds
of cakes, meats and vegetables ; the text says that
" All the good things are collected on the altar." It
is Seb who is said to lead the procession of priests,
similar to that coming towards the queen in the next
hall. Very little remains of the procession ; at the
end of the room Hatshepsu, standing, is dedicating all
these things to her father.
This is the only instance where we see Hatshepsu
acting as priestess to her father. There were probably
some others which have disappeared with the erasures.
Here the queen is erased ; Thothmes I. has been left
intact as well as his ha. The sculptures arc very
delicate, but they have suffered grievously at the
hands of the Copts.
PLATES CXXX.-CXXXHI.
CHAMBEE AT SOUTH-WEST CORNER OF UPPER COURT.
It is not always easy to recognize the purpose for
which some of the chambers were built. This is the
case with a small chamber which opens in the south-
western corner of the Central Court, and which has a
ceiling of largo blocks painted blue, with yellow stars.
However, the inscription seems to show that it is the
, , the pa duat, where special ceremonies were
performed every. day. This chamber of worship is
specially dedicated, not to the queen, but to Amon
himself, as we gather from the sculptures, where no
other god appears but him.
Plate CXXX.—Tho doorway was inscribed with the
names of the queen and her nephew. On the lintel and
on the scene next to the entrance, the name of Hatshepsu
has been replaced by that of Thothmes II., as is the
case on nearly all sculptures in the Upper Court. Tho
doorposts both indicate that the chamber was con-
secrated to Amon. On tho left, the one belonging to
Thothmes III., his cartouche is Menhheperlcara, a
cartouche which ho gave up entirely when he reigned
alone, and which is only employed in places whore,
not being in tho immediate vicinity of the queen,
he might be thought to reign alone in his own
right.
Above the lintel are engraved the chief offerings
which will be brought to the god. On tho top row
are vases of different forms, containing various kinds
of incense or oil. Anions; them is ® <S\ ,
"the best quality of anti." On the lower row are boxes
said to contain bags of some substance, the first is
called the first bag, but we do not know of what.
The second box seems to contain some tissue. The
third one cannot bo determined, tho signs beins
indistinct. As for the fourth and the fifth boxes, they
appear to contain precious stones.
The goddess, who had been completely erased, is not
of very frequent occurrence. She is the female form
of Amon, Amonit. Her statue was found at Karnak
not long ago. Khuenaten destroyed her as completely
as he did her consort.
Plate CXXXI.—The queen, whose name has been
changed, as everywhere in this chamber, into that of
Thothmes II., offers to Amon four vases of a kind or
scent. Tho vases are probably of glass. Behind her
is her lea, whom I believe to be the protective element,
tho =5tss» sa, without whom she could not live ; and
in fact it is said of him, that " he is the royal ha,
the living one, the lord of the two lands, in his shrine
in the Pa Duat ; he gives her all life, happiness,
stability, all health, in his power, all joy, in his power,
as to Ra." Above tho queen is, as usual, the vulture-
goddess, Xekheb, holding the ring, which may be