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Shrine No. |
last update:
26.03.2008
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Data
| Shrine No. |
Name /
Transliteration |
Date |
Distance to the Speos of Haremhab
[~ m] |
Remarks |
| 14 |
Nehesj NHsj |
joined reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmosis III |
370 |
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| All data according to Caminos, 1963 |
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From right to left the shrines No.: 12 (Minnakhte), 13 (Senneferi), 14 (Nehesj),
15 (Hapuseneb), 16 (Senenmut), and - destroyed - 17 (User-amun), all built
during the reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmosis III (photo: E. Noppes). The
entrances of all shrines were set into shallow recesses formed by cutting back
the face of the rock. |
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The shrine of Nehesj (No. 14) is the 3rd one from the right. The photo below
shows the entrance of shrine No. 14 with its decoration. Nehesj has been
"Overseer of the sealbearers (jmj-rA sDAwt)"
under Hatshepsut and the leader of the "Expedition to Punt" in year 9 of her
reign. |
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The following drawing taken from Caminos (Caminos, 1963) shows the details of
the decoration of the entrance. The meager text of this shrine are all on the
outer side of the doorway. |
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The lintel is crowned with the usual winged sun-disk (BHdtj).
Beside the figure on both ends the phrase is written: "[The] Behedetite, the
great god, lord of heaven." |
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The next 3 registers show together the names of the two kings, Hatshepsut and
Thutmosis III. The lowest register is nearly completely destroyed, only the
remains of a cartouche are still visible. Based on the grouping in register 2
and 3 it is quite clear that on the northern (right) side of the lintel the
names of Hatshepsut are presented, and on the southern (left) the names of
Thutmosis III. In the center of each register there is an Ankh-sign. |
The 2nd register shows the throne names of both kings. The text accompanying Hatshepsut
reads:
" anx nTr.t nfr.t MAat-kA-Ra mr.t Imn-Ra
nb nswt tAwj Life to the good goddess Maat-ka-Ra, beloved of Amun-Ra,
lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands."
- with the name and title of Amun deliberately destroyed by the Akhenaten
iconoclasts.
The text accompanying Thutmosis III reads: "
anx nTr nfr Mn-khpr-Ra mr Nwn, jt nTr.w
Life to the good god, Men-kheper-Ra, beloved of Nun, father of gods." |
The 3rd register reads:
" anx sA.t. Ra@At-Spswt-xnmt-jmn
mr.t Jtm nb Jwnw Life to the daughter of Ra, Hatshepsut-united with Amun,
beloved of Atum, Lord of Heliopolis [On]."
and
"
anx sA Ra +Hwtj-msjw-nfr-xprw, mr $mnw ..
Life to the son of Ra, Thutmosis-beautiful-of-forms, beloved of Chnum, ..." |
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Two column of inscriptions have been partly survived on the right door-jamb
while the majority of the left door-jamb is destroyed. |
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On the right side title and name of Nehesj have been preserved: "..jmj-rA sDAwt NHsj
...". |
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The shrine consists of one room only, approx. 2x2.5 m (depth x width), the
ceiling is flat, undecorated, and at a height of approx. 1.84 m above the floor.
The northern wall was broken through to open a door to shrine No. 13 - most
likely by later dwellers. Most of the walls have been decorated, except the
north-western corner, but the decoration has been scraped off. |
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