Large Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut | ca. 1479โ1458 B.C. | New Kingdom In her terraced temple at Deir el-Bahri ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ ฑ โแธsr-แธsr.w-ฤฑอmmโ โThe sacred of the most sacred of Amunโ, there were at least ten ๐ โmแธwโ over life-sized kneeling statues ๐๐๐ญ๐พ โแธซntyโ of Hatshepsut. She is shown as a male king ๐๐๐ โnswโ wearing a kilt ๐๐๐๐ ฑ๐๐ฏ โsฬndฬฑw.tโ a false beard, and the white crown ๐๐๐ โแธฅแธ.tโ of Upper Egypt (as in this statue). This statue represents Hatshepsut โUnited with Amun, Foremost of Nobel Ladiesโ (๐๐ ๐๐ธ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ช) โimn-แบnmt แธฅA.t-ลกps.wtโ wearing the white crown of Upper Egypt/Southern ๐พ๐ โt3-ลกmหโ (the south), so it may have been placed on the southern ๐๐ญ๐ โrsyโ side of the processional way. On the base, Hatshepsut is said to be offering fresh plants to Amun ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ โฤฑอmnโ โthe hidden oneโ. On the back pillar ๐บ๐คโiwnโ, she is identified by her Horus name, Wosretkau (๐๐ด๐๐๐๐) โwsr.t-k3wโ โMighty of Kasโ, which is written in a rectangular device called a serekh . One also finds fragments of her throne name, Maatkare (๐ณ๐๐ง) โm3ห.t-k3-rหโ โThe True One of the Ka of Raโ and her personal name, Hatshepsut, both of which are written inside oval cartouches ๐ฒ๐๐๐ ฑ๐ถ โลกnwโ. Dynasty: Dynasty 18 Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III Date: ca. 1479โ1458 B.C. Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Senenmut Quarry, MMA excavations, 1927โ28 Medium: Granite Dimensions: H. 295.9 cm (116 1/2 in); w. of base 81.3 cm (32 in); d. of base 145.4 cm (57 1/4 in) shipping weight in 2006, 3175.2 kg. (7000 lbs) ๐น๐ฌ๐น๐ฌ๐น๐ฌ๐น๐ฌ๐น๐ฌ๐น๐ฌ๐น๐ฌ๐น๐ฌ๐น๐ฌ๐น๐ฌ๐น๐ฌ๐น๐ฌ๐น๐ฌ๐น๐ฌ๐น๐ฌ๐น๐ฌ ๐ธ @egyptologylessons ๐น๐ฝ๐ด๐๐๐ณ๐ ยฉ (@metmuseum and description) ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ #Ancientegypt #รคgypten #egyptianhistory #egyptology #hieroglyphs #egypte #egitto #ๅๅ #ู ุตุฑ #egipto #์ด์งํธ #hatshepsut #egyptianstatue #whitecrown #metropolitanmuseumofart #egyptianqueen #pharaoh (at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgg5lHXOj2t/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
