Trials - Hatshepsut essay sources Flashcards
what did callender say about her connection to amun?
Callender: her divine connection to Amun and her role as god’s wife was why she received their support
what did the coronation inscription say?
‘When she was still in the womb of her mother, all lands and countries were in her possession,’ links to her divine birth + how she was the legitimate heir since birth
deir el bahri reliefs, Amun:
‘My soul is hers, my bounty is hers, my crown is hers, that she may rule the Two Lands’
Tyldesley on the Divine birth + Coronation inscriptions
the scenes didn’t show that she was unsure of her right to rule, but that they “convey … a sense of pride in her own origins and achievements”
Sepos inscriptoin + Naville on warrior pharaoh
Speos Artemidos Inscription: fragmentary evidence of several campaigns; H emphasises her military role by referring to upgrading the army and by portraying herself as the traditional warrior pharaoh. However Naville: “…she has left us no account of great conquest”
Coronation Scene from Deir el Bahri on her father
his influence in her legitimacy; “Then his majesty said to them: ‘Thus daughter of mine Khnumetamun Hatshepsut - may she live! - I have appointed as my successor upon my throne…’
architecture - kemp
“ideology needs architecture for its fullest expression” – Kemp
Breasted on religious buildings for AR
“She made them as her monuments for her father, Amun, Lord of Thebes, presider over Karnak” - Breasted
Deir el Bahri – G. Callender
“…was her greatest architectural achievement”
Jane Assmann - personal piety – special relationship between AR + pharaoh
“now the worship of Amun-Re combined the outward display of ritual as well as conscious inner devotion”
Great Speos Artemidos Inscription: H claimed to have rebuilt the what to protect her city and to banish those who disrespected the gods (Hyksos)
temple of the Lady of Cusae
GSA Inscription: made claims to show that she is a rightful pharaoh, emphasise her power + show she is successfully maintaining ma’at
‘I have raised up what was dismembered’ + ‘My command stands firm like the mountains
Tyldesley: her rule - empire
“Hers was a rule dominated by an architect, and the Hapusenebs, Neshis and Djehunty’s in her following were priests and administrators rather than soldiers”
military campaign in Nubia; shown in the lower colonnade at Deir El Bahri
Quote: “The number of dead being unknown…she overthrew”.
