New Dipinti in the Birth Portico of the Hatshepsut Temple at Deir el-Bahari

Abstract

The subject of the present paper are two hitherto unpublished hieratic dipinti from the Birth Portico of the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari. One of them had been written on the north wall of the portico and can be related precisely to the second phase of restoration undertaken in the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut in the post-Amarna period, and more specifically to the reign of Ramesses II. The other inscription, written on the south wall of the portico, can be ascribed to a certain Minnakht and his colleague Ired, presumably builders of the temple. In addition, a comment on other dipinti on the walls of the portico and its pillars has been included.

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Mirosław Barwik

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  • EP ID EP478018
  • DOI 10.12775/EtudTrav.31.005
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Mirosław Barwik (2018). New Dipinti in the Birth Portico of the Hatshepsut Temple at Deir el-Bahari. Études et Travaux (Institut des Cultures Méditerranéennes et Orientales de l’Académie Polonaise des Sciences), 0(), 101-110. https://www.europub.co.uk/articles/-A-478018