Hatshepsut :)

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What evidence suggests that there were multiple officials responsible for her building program?
Name stones inscriptions: discovered in the foundations of some buildings
Statues
Graffiti: at excavation sites
Reliefs and inscriptions: on temple walls
Autobiographical texts: in tombs of officials
On a facade of Speos Artemidos, what did Hatshepsut claim to have done?
She claimed to have:

'restored that which was in ruins'

'raised up that which was unfinished since the Asiatics were in the midst of the Avaris'
What was the significance of re-establishing cult worship through the reparing of damaged temples?

to re-establish maat
Who was Senenmut? Include sources, titles and building activities (in relation to Hatshepsuts building program)
Titles:
- Chief Steward, who conducted all the works of the king
- Foreman of the foreman
- Overseer of all the works of the house of the silver
- Chief of the chiefs of works

Building Activites:
Mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri
Buildings in the temples at:
Karnak, Luxor, Armant and Ishru

Sources:
Name Stones Statues Garffito Temple Walls
Who was Hapusoneb? Include sources, titles and building activities (in relation to Hatshepsuts building progra
Titles:
- Vizier
- First prophet of Amun
- Overseer of the temples

Building Activites:
Mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri
Hatshepsuts tomb
An unnamed temple, shrines and offering tables

Sources:
Name stones Statue
Who was Ineni? Include sources, titles and building activities (in relation to Hatshepsuts building program)
Titles:
- Overseer of the double silver and gold houses
- Foreman of the foreman

Building Activites:
Not Specified

Sources:
Tomb inscription
Who was Thutiy? Include sources, titles and building activities (in relation to Hatshepsuts building program)
Titles:
- Overseer of the double gold and silver houses

Building Activites:
Mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri
An ebony shrine
Temple fittings of precious metals and woods

Sources:
Name Stones Temple Walls Tomb Inscription
Who was Puemre? Include sources, titles and building activities (in relation to Hatshepsuts building program)
Titles:
- Second Prophet of Amun
- Foreman of the foreman

Building Activites:
Mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri
A great shrine of ebony and a doorway of white limestone
Worked mainly under Thutmose III

Sources:
Name Stones Statue
Who was Tetyemre? Include sources, titles and building activities (in relation to Hatshepsuts building program)
Titles:
Scribe

Building Activites:
Mortuary Temple at Deir el-Bahri

Sources:
Name Stones
Where was Hatshepsuts tomb built and what was her original plan going to be with her mortuary temple and tomb?
The tomb was excavated in the wild and desolate Valley of the Kings, the Temple was built at the base of the Theban cliffs facing the NIle.

She was originally going to link them by a long underground passage.
What as the inspiration behind Hatshepsut's mortuary temple design?
Although Egyptologist, Maiette claimed it was 'an accident in architectural life of Egypt'

The design appears to be inspired by the adjacent temple of the 11th Dynasty king, Mentuhotep I
What were the main purposes for Hatshepsuts mortuary temple?
- carrying out daily offerings to Hatshepsut
- a dedication to Amun, holiest of holy
- focus for worship of other deities associated with the necropolis and the after life (Hathor, Anubis, Re-Horakhe)
- a mortuary chapel for her father, Thutmose I
- through reliefs, justification of her claim to the throne and display of achievements
What evidence has been discovered in pits near Hatshepsut's mortuary temple which have helped historians gain an understanding of the rites that were carried out at this and other tamples and the variety of craftsmen involed in the temple's construction?
Food offerings
Trussed quail, Fruit: grapes, dates, figs and currants Loaves of bread and Head and forelegs of slaugtered oxen

Ritual Equipment
Scarabs, Amulets, Alabaster jars (containing oils)

Models of Tools
Surveyers tools, mallets, picks, chisels, wooden levers, brick moulds, bronze adzes and axes, burnishing pebble

Materials
copper, iron ore, wood, linen cloth, bull's hide, papyrus
What does Stretching of the cord refer to?
The foundation rites during which the pharaoh ceremonially:

- outlined the projected building by driving stakes at its pricipal angles and stretching cord around them
- traced the line of foundation trenches with a pick
- laid the foundation deposits
What were the main architectural features of Hatshepsuts mortuary temple?
- Long processional avenue
- Deep walled forecourt
- two broad terraces
- a ramp and stairway linking levels of the temple
- series of chapels
- inner sanctuary cut into the cliffs