DOI issue:
Egypt
DOI article:Pawlicki, Franciszek: Hatshepsut Temple: conservation an preservation project 1994/5
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26390#0075
in the wall, adding to the scene showing the king being led by
gods. More than twenty stones have recently been attributed
enabling restorers to undertake the restoration of the upper register
including the lintel of the passage in the coming season.
During the season the mission began restoration works in the
vestibule of Re-Horakhty. The lower part of the southern wall was
preserved in situ with a few blocks added by our predecessors. This
season an additional twelve decorated blocks were restored in the
upper part of the wall just above the entrance from the Upper
Court to the vestibule. The decoration depicts a kneeling king
before an offering table and the seated god Amun. One of the
newly attributed blocks came from the Room for the Bark where it
had been used m repair work made in the Ptolemaic Period. It was
cleaned of the soot and hardened to consolidate the surface.
Decorated blocks from the upper part of the scene inside of the
entrance were also put back into the wall. The wing of Tuthmosis
III standing before Amun-Re-Kamutef, and his inscriptions below
the representation of the vulture were restored (Fig. 2). The
entrance lintel, which was found broken in two pieces, was
consolidated and put together using tee bars. The missing parts of
the original wall were re-erected in red-brick, then covered with
artificial slabs and aesthetic plasters. The setting for the architrave
of the inner colonnade of the vestibule was restored.
The decision to re-erect a further two Osiriade statues of
Queen Hatshepsut in the Upper Portico was dictated by the need to
protect original fragments of statuary and the desire to add
vividness to the already reconstructed temple's facade. Over eighty
statuary elements, some with preserved polychromy, including
original heads, were selected and used for the restoration. The
lower parts of the statues (feet, legs) were made in new limestone
blocks. The assembled original fragments of torso and shoulders
underwent hardening treatment, then were mounted on a stainless
steel construction. Gypsum casts were used to cast the missing
elements in artificial stone. Once completed, the restored elements
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gods. More than twenty stones have recently been attributed
enabling restorers to undertake the restoration of the upper register
including the lintel of the passage in the coming season.
During the season the mission began restoration works in the
vestibule of Re-Horakhty. The lower part of the southern wall was
preserved in situ with a few blocks added by our predecessors. This
season an additional twelve decorated blocks were restored in the
upper part of the wall just above the entrance from the Upper
Court to the vestibule. The decoration depicts a kneeling king
before an offering table and the seated god Amun. One of the
newly attributed blocks came from the Room for the Bark where it
had been used m repair work made in the Ptolemaic Period. It was
cleaned of the soot and hardened to consolidate the surface.
Decorated blocks from the upper part of the scene inside of the
entrance were also put back into the wall. The wing of Tuthmosis
III standing before Amun-Re-Kamutef, and his inscriptions below
the representation of the vulture were restored (Fig. 2). The
entrance lintel, which was found broken in two pieces, was
consolidated and put together using tee bars. The missing parts of
the original wall were re-erected in red-brick, then covered with
artificial slabs and aesthetic plasters. The setting for the architrave
of the inner colonnade of the vestibule was restored.
The decision to re-erect a further two Osiriade statues of
Queen Hatshepsut in the Upper Portico was dictated by the need to
protect original fragments of statuary and the desire to add
vividness to the already reconstructed temple's facade. Over eighty
statuary elements, some with preserved polychromy, including
original heads, were selected and used for the restoration. The
lower parts of the statues (feet, legs) were made in new limestone
blocks. The assembled original fragments of torso and shoulders
underwent hardening treatment, then were mounted on a stainless
steel construction. Gypsum casts were used to cast the missing
elements in artificial stone. Once completed, the restored elements
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