BUILDING DIPINTI FROM THE TEMPLE OF HATSHEPSUT. PRELIMINARY REMARKS, 2005/2006
BUILDING DIPINTI FROM THE TEMPLE OF HATSHEPSUT. PRELIMINARY REMARKS, 2005/2006

Summary/Abstract: Building dipinti have been encountered repeatedly during the past 40 years of archaeological and reconstruction works in the two neighboring temples of Hatshepsut and Tuthmosis III in Deir el-Bahari. The material from the temple of Hatshepsut has never been discussed except for a few cursory mentions. In the 2005/2006 season, excavation of trial pit S.1/06 uncovered 29 building dipinti on the outer face of the south wall of the vestibule of the Chapel of Hatshepsut's funerary cult; an additional 41 dipinti were recognized on loose blocks found in the fill of the trial pit. This discovery prompted a study of the building dipinti from the Hatshepsut temple. The following are a few preliminary remarks concerning this category of inscriptions. All the newly uncovered building dipinti were recorded in hieratic script with elements of cursive hieroglyphics, using red paint applied with a thin or thick brush. A preliminary study of the material has distinguished seven different kinds of building dipinti.

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