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Speos Artemidos / Beni Hassan |
last update:
16.12.2009
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Decoration of the Passage and the Sanctuary done by Sethi I |
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| Floor plan of the "Speos Artemidos" dedicated to Pachet
("Grotto of Artemis") at Beni Hassan; from the totally 8 pillars only three of the first row have survived. |
| The sanctuary itself had not been decorated in the time of
Hatshepsut. The sanctuary was decorated by Sethi I with his own inscriptions but he left it
incomplete. All together, the Speos Artemidos remained unfinished.
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| The left side of the passage to the sanctuary has been
decorated by Sethi I. with 19 columns of text (see following photo by W. Ulrich). |
| Directly right of this scene Sethi I is shown
offering wine to the goddess Pakhet (see following photo by W. Ulrich). On the
opposite side of the passage Sethi I is shown offering a baboon to Pakhet
and receiving a scepter
(no photo available). |
| The shrine, crowned by a cavetto cornice and surrounded by a
dedication text of Sethi I, has been cut into the southern front wall of the
sanctuary (see photo below by W. Ulrich). |
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