Reconstruction of the bases of sandstone sphinxes from the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari
The reconstruction of the iconographic program of the decoration of the sandstone bases of a group of sphinxes ofHatshepsut lining the processional avenue leading to the Queen’s Mansion of a Million Years in the temple at Deir el-Bahari is the prime focus of this article. The fragments of these stat...
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| description | The reconstruction of the iconographic program of the decoration of the sandstone bases of a group of sphinxes ofHatshepsut lining the processional avenue leading to the Queen’s Mansion of a Million Years in the temple at Deir el-Bahari is the prime focus of this article. The fragments of these statues discovered in the 1920s by the archaeological mission of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York were never published. The pieces were rediscovered in storage in 2005. A theoretical reconstruction has been undertaken, leading the author to identify an unusual iconographical pattern that reflects changes in art introduced in the times of Hatshepsut. The representations on the bases of the royal sandstone sphinxes from the queen’s temple include, among others, rekhyt birds, pat-people and “enemies of Egypt”. They take on a form that departs from that known from other sphinx sculptures. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ee3aa1e906604378b7b46cb599cc87a32024-04-08T11:36:55ZdeuUniversity of Warsaw PressPolish Archaeology in the Mediterranean1234-54152083-537X2019-12-0128235938710.31338/uw.2083-537X.pam28.2.2001.3001.0013.6895Reconstruction of the bases of sandstone sphinxes from the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-BahariKatarzyna Kasprzycka0University of Warsaw, Faculty of History, PhD CandidateThe reconstruction of the iconographic program of the decoration of the sandstone bases of a group of sphinxes ofHatshepsut lining the processional avenue leading to the Queen’s Mansion of a Million Years in the temple at Deir el-Bahari is the prime focus of this article. The fragments of these statues discovered in the 1920s by the archaeological mission of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York were never published. The pieces were rediscovered in storage in 2005. A theoretical reconstruction has been undertaken, leading the author to identify an unusual iconographical pattern that reflects changes in art introduced in the times of Hatshepsut. The representations on the bases of the royal sandstone sphinxes from the queen’s temple include, among others, rekhyt birds, pat-people and “enemies of Egypt”. They take on a form that departs from that known from other sphinx sculptures.http://pam-journal.pl/gicid/01.3001.0013.6895Deir el-BahariTemple of Hatshepsutsphinxrekhytforeigners |
| spellingShingle | Katarzyna Kasprzycka Reconstruction of the bases of sandstone sphinxes from the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean Deir el-Bahari Temple of Hatshepsut sphinx rekhyt foreigners |
| title | Reconstruction of the bases of sandstone sphinxes from the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari |
| title_full | Reconstruction of the bases of sandstone sphinxes from the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari |
| title_fullStr | Reconstruction of the bases of sandstone sphinxes from the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reconstruction of the bases of sandstone sphinxes from the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari |
| title_short | Reconstruction of the bases of sandstone sphinxes from the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari |
| title_sort | reconstruction of the bases of sandstone sphinxes from the temple of hatshepsut at deir el bahari |
| topic | Deir el-Bahari Temple of Hatshepsut sphinx rekhyt foreigners |
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