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It would seem that the Akhmenu temple contains the typical
New Kingdom motif. However, this is not the case. It should be
noticed that the boat of Hathor was part of the composition depicting
a procession accompanied by the pharaoh, priests and musicians.
91 Apparently it could be the depiction of some Festival of
Hathor. This is confirmed indirectly by the presence of the Feast
Calendar of Thutmose III on the south wall of the Akhmenu temple
92 – it is quite possible to suggest that the festivals mentioned in
the calendar were represented in the reliefs of the same temple.
Unfortunately, the names of many festivals recorded in the
feast list are not preserved; however, the evidence of other Egyptian
calendars can provide the time interval and events pertaining
to the cult of Hathor: III Axt (Athyr) – IV Axt (Khoiak). 93 This time
referred to the festival “Sailing of Hathor” (Xnt @wt-@r) 94, also
called “Festival of Hathor” (Hb @wt-@r) 95. Under the reign of
Thutmose III the festival was probably celebrated from the end of
III Axt to the beginning of IV Axt 4 96, and the date IV Axt 4 was
related to the “[day] of the Festival of Hathor” ([ra] n Hb @wt-@r) 97
or to the festival “Procession of Hathor” (xa(w) nt @wt-@r) 98.
It seems that the scenes from Akhmenu refer to the Festival
of Hathor called Xnt @wt-@r. In order to prove this idea, we
should study the role that Hathor played in the Karnak temple
complex during the first half of the XVIII th dynasty, i. e. under
Hatshepsut and Thutmose III.
The oracular text inscribed on the south wall of Hatshepsut’s
Red Chapel denotes the goddess Hathor as “First in the Hall wAD-
91 see PÉCOIL (2000) 81–82; CARLOTTI (2001) pl. 17.
92 PORTER – MOSS (1972) 126 (462), plan XII (2).
93 EL-SABBAN (2000) 29–30.
94 pBerlin P 10282, rt. 2; pUC 32191, rt. 1, 2; Denderah III, pl.
30. 78.
95 KITCHEN (1983) 159; EL-SABBAN (2000) 30.
96 The date IV Axt 4 is mentioned in the inscriptions of Thutmose
III’s temple at Deir el-Bahari: SADEK (1984) 71–73; The
dates of the festival from other Egyptian calendars range from III
Axt 26 to IV Axt 8: cf. GRIMM (1994) 379–382; DAUMAS (1977)
1034–1035.
97 Urk. IV, 1273 (F. 2).
98 O.Michaelides 33, rt. 9.