Abstract

According to festival calendars of temple of Dendera, Hathor emerges on 5 Paophi as lady of menat, sovereign of horns and takes on form of a female falcon. Other sources call this day the day of bringing t?-plants. The texts of crypts of temple of Dendera enable us to reconstruct an offering ritual dedicated to Hathor. The same group of scenes can be found in House of Menat inside temple. On both occasions, Hathor appears as female falcon. Moreover, this ritual can be located on walls of temple of Edfu where it is combined with scenes referring to three other mayor festivals of Hathor (New Year, Epiphi and 20 Thot) that are described by ritual texts in pronaos of Dendera.

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