Thebes: West Bank, temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, Lower Terrace, Lower Portico South (Portico of Obelisks), west wall 5. Hatshepsut (erased) offering obelisks to Amun (name unpreserved, restored)

Filip Taterka
December 30, 2019
Inscription in front of the king:

1[…] mj […] zḫn.wt […] jr.n ḥm.t.s n […] 2[…] ḥjjt […] jr […] [p]t ḫn […] r.s […] n st.sn m bjȝ 3[…] m ḏʿm […] nswt […].n.sn jp.t-s.wt 4[…] zȝ rʿ […] jmn-rʿ nb ns.wt tȝ.wj

First pair of obelisks (left monument):

ḥr.w |wsr.[t-kȝ.w|≡] nb.tj wȝḏ.(t)-rnp.wt bjk nbw nṯr.t-ḫʿ.w nswt bjt.j nb tȝ.wj [(mȝʿ.t-kȝ-rʿ)|] jr.n.s m mn.w.s n jt.s […] n.f tḫn.wj wr.wj m mȝt bnbn.t m ḏʿm jr.s dj ʿnḫ nb mj rʿ ḏt

Left pair of obelisks (right monument):

[ḥr.w |wsr].t-kȝ.w|[≡] nb.[tj] [wȝḏ.t]-rpn.w[t] […] m mn.w.s n jt.s […].f tḫn.wj wr.wj m mȝt bnbn.t m ḏʿm jr.s dj ʿnḫ nb mj rʿ ḏt

Inscription between the obelisks:

1[…]t […] n.t pt swt.n.f jmj.tw.sn zȝt jmn mr.(t).f nṯr nfr 2[…] ḫȝs.w[t] nb.[t] […]nn […] m ẖn.w […]n.w […].tw […].w n.ṯn n jt.ṯ jmn 3[…] ʿȝ.f ḫft pȝ tḫ[…] […].tw […]n.w […] jm.ṯ jr.t ʿnḫ.t ḏt

Right pair of obelisks (left monument):

[…] ([mȝʿ.t-kȝ]-rʿ[)|] zȝ.(t) rʿ n.t ẖt.f […] jr.n.s m mn.w.s n jt.s […] dj ʿnḫ mj rʿ ḏt

Right pair of obelisks (right monument):

ḥr.w |wsr.t-kȝ.w|≡ nb.tj wȝḏ.t-rnp.wt bjk nbw nṯr.t-ḫʿ.w [nswt] bjt.j nb tȝ.wj [(mȝʿ.t-kȝ-rʿ)|] zȝ.t rʿ n.t ẖt.f […] jr.n.s m mn.w.s n j.s  […] dj ʿnḫ mj rʿ ḏt

Inscription in front of Amun:

1[…]ḫw n […].t ḏ[…]rt n […].t n m-ḫt 2[…]

Restorarion inscription:

s[mȝ.w]j jr.n [nswt] bjt.j nb tȝ.wj (wsr-mȝʿ.t-rʿ-stp-n-rʿ)| n jt.f jmn-rʿ nb […]
Inscription in front of the king:

1[…] like […] supports […], which Her Majesty has made for 2[…] make […] [s]ky […] to their place in the firmament 3[…] of electrum […] the king […] they […] Ipet-sut 4[…] son of Ra […] Amun-Ra, Lord of the Two Lands.

First pair of obelisks (left monument):

Horus: |Powerful-[of-kas|≡], the One of the Two Ladies: Flourishing-of-years, Falcon of Gold: Divine-of-crowns, the king of the Upper and Lower Egypt, Lord of the Two Lands [(Ma‘at-ka-Ra)|], she has made as her monument for her father […] for him two great obelisks of granite, with pyramidion of electrum, what she does being given all life like Ra, forever.

Left pair of obelisks (right monument):

[Horus: |Powerful]-of-kas|[≡], the One of the [Two] Ladies: [Flourishing]-of-year[s] […] as her monument for his father […] him two great obelisks of granite, with pyramidion of electrum, what she does being given all life, like Ra, forever.

Inscription between the obelisks:

1[…] of the sky. He has risen between them. The daughter of Amun, his beloved, the Perfect God 2[…] all the foreing land[s] […] in the interior […] for you (pl.) and for your father Amun 3[…] his great one according to […] in you, what you do being alive, forever.

Right pair of obelisks (left monument):

[…] ([Ma‘at-ka]-Ra[)|], the daughter of Ra of his body […], she has made as his momument for his father […] given life, like Ra, forever.

Right pair of obelisks (right monument):

Horus: |Powerfulf-of-kas|≡, the One of the Two Ladies: Flourishing-of-years, Falcon of Gold: Divine-of-crowns, [the king of the Upper] and Lower Egypt, Lord of the Two Lands [(Ma‘at-ka-Ra)|], daughter of Ra of his body […], she has made as her monuments for her fa[ther] […] given life, like Ra, forever.

Inscription in front of Amun:

1[…] for the future 2[…]

Restorarion inscription:

Re[storatio]n, which the [king of the Upper] and Lower Egypt, Lord of the Two Lands (Weser-Ma‘at-Ra-setep-en-Ra)| has made for his father Amun-Ra, lord of […].
Translated by Filip Taterka

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