IMHICIHU   13380
INSTITUTO MULTIDISCIPLINARIO DE HISTORIA Y CIENCIAS HUMANAS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
capítulos de libros
Título:
Legitimation and ontological changes in the royal fi gure of Queen Hatshepsut (c. 14791458 BC)
Autor/es:
VIRGINIA LAPORTA
Libro:
Current Research Egyptology XII
Editorial:
OXBOW BOOKS
Referencias:
Lugar: Oxford and Oakville; Año: 2012; p. 117 - 126
Resumen:
This paper focuses on the royal figure of Hatshepsut before, during and after her coregency
with Thutmose III (c. 1473 1425 BC). Her role in the royal succession of the 18th dynasty
is one of the main topics approached by specialists. However, I consider that an analysis of
her role in the 18th dynasty should include the three ontological changes her figure suffered
through time: first, her divine rebirth as Son of Amun-Re; second, her coronation
as Maat-ka-Re and finally, her posthumous elimination as king of Egypt from all the
records. This approach is supported by the most relevant evidence known from her reign.
Most of them come from: a) her funerary temple at Deir el- Bahari; b) the Karnak temple
of Amun, especially from the Chapelle Rouge where her nomen (Maat-ka-Re) had been
chiseled off from the original inscriptions; and c) from other relevant sites of the Theban
area. Moreover, there is quite relevant evidence from distant areas such as that found at the
mines of Maghara and Serabit el- Khadim (Sinai Peninsula), at Aswan and the Island of
Sehel (First Cataract).
To sum up, the figure of Hatshepsut as king of Egypt deserves an analysis that considers
these three ontological changes detected on her royal figure to give a more accurate
description of her role in the 18th Dynasty royal succession.