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Red Chapel |
last update: 27.02.2007 |
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Vestibule, North Side - Block-No. 284 |
| Stone: red quartzite (origin - from the "Red Mountains" of Djebel Akhmar, an area near Heliopolis) |
| The block shows Hatshepsut who consecrates 5 boards of offerings for the Goddess Amaunet, Mistress of Heaven. Most likely, the goddess was depicted on the next block to the right - which is missing. |
| However, the text between Hatshepsut and the offerings tells for whom the gifts were meant for: "The queen herself consecrates these divine gifts, she gives these numerous offering boards to her mother, Amaunet, Mistress of Heaven." |
| Note(s): the representation of Hatshepsut had been deliberately destroyed |