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Bas relief showing king Sethos I and the goddess Hathor
General Information

A bas relief showing the goddess Hathor, a solar disk and bovine horns surmounting her large wig, greeting king Sety I, who wears a transparent tunic over a short kilt. The goddess holds the hand of the pharaoh and hands him a necklace with a heavy counterweight menat.

Number 2468
Storing Place Archeological National Museum - Napoli - Italy
Material Limestone
Type Fragment of a wall
Type of Script Hieroglyphic
Discovery Place Valley of the kings - Luxor - Egypt
Width 121 cm
Height 244 cm
Address Napoli; Italy
Historical Period The Nineteenth Dynasty – The New Kingdom
Inscriptions on the Monument
Transliteration
( If the Hieroglyphic,Demotic or Hieratic text is not appearing clear, install this file )

@t-Hr Hry-tp WAst nfrt Hr Hnt Iwnt nsw bity Mn-MAat-Ra sA Ra Mr-n-PtH %ty di anx mi Ra Dt r nHH


Translation

Hathor, who is at the head of Thebes, beautiful of face, lady of Dendera; the king of Upper and Lower Egypt Men-maat-Ra, son of Ra, Sethos I, endowed with life as Ra for eternity.

Scientific Publishing

AA.VV., Sethos- ein Pharaonengrab, Basel, 1991, p. 55 e p. 65, fig. 23.

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