Ointment Jar ca. 1479–1458 New Kingdom A number of foundation deposit of the Deir el-Bahri temple contained a number of ointment jars most with remains of the original content (plant or animal fat and fragrances). The presence of such items made sure that the sacred images of the temple could be eternally anointed as prescribed in the daily temple ritual. The text on this jar reads: "Daughter of Re, Hatshepsut, she has made it as an offering for her father Amun at the time of the stretching of the cord over Djeser-djeseru-Amun, that she may be made to live." Djeser-djeseru-Amun was the na
Ointment Jar ca. 1479–1458 New Kingdom A number of foundation deposit of the Deir el-Bahri temple contained a number of ointment jars most with remains of the original content (plant or animal fat and fragrances). The presence of such items made sure that the sacred images of the temple could be eternally anointed as prescribed in the daily temple ritual. The text on this jar reads: "Daughter of Re, Hatshepsut, she has made it as an offering for her father Amun at the time of the stretching of the cord over Djeser-djeseru-Amun, that she may be made to live." Djeser-djeseru-Amun was the name of her temple at Deir Ointment Jar 544464
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