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I should be busy with holiday/Christmas plans, but I keep getting distracted by other things. I'm not through with Tutankhamun's things, :) I will make a gallery for the photos, like I've done for photos from museums, and I've got the index page organized. It's nice to see the small views all there together:
Right now, only one of the links work, but that will change after the holidays.
Last night, I was determined to get back working on holiday cards. I got all of two done, then I followed a link I found on one of my forums to an interesting pdf of scenes from the Luxor temple.
A studious scholar would just read straight through. Me, I just did a search for "Hathor", and wow! Scenes came up. I combined the translations with excerpts of the images so I could better understand the hieroglyphs.
The first scene is one featuring Horemheb that he stole from Tutankhamun:
Excerpt from Plate 185 (The king offering ointment to Amun-Re in the Presence of Hathor)
ABOVE AND BEFORE HATHOR
11 Words spoken by Hathor,
who is at the head of Thebes,
lady of heaven, mistress of the gods:
"O my beloved son Djeserkheperure-Setpenre, *
12 (I) have given to you life and dominion.
13 (I) have given to you all joy.
14 (I) have given to you all provisions.
15 (I) have given to you every offering.
16 (I) have given to you val (or against...) land (...)
BEHIND HATHOR
18 The protection of all life surrounds her forever and ever
* The cartouches are usurped from Tutankhamun
The University of Chicago Oriental Institute Publications Volume 116 (published 1998)
Reliefs and Inscriptions at Luxor Temple -- Volume 2 (Plates 129-227)
The Facade, Portals, Upper Register Scenes, Columns, Marginalia, and Statuary in the Colonnade Hall
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The other involves my favorite pharaoh Seti I:
Excerpt from Plate 191. The king elevating offerings to Amun-Re-Kamutef in the Presence of Hathor
ABOVE AND BEFORE HATHOR
12 Words spoken by Hathor,
residing in Djeseret, lady of heaven
mistress of the gods:
13 "O my beloved bodily son,
lord of the two lands, Menmaatre,
I am joyful through love of [you[,
14 and I rejoice [at] seeing your beauty.
15 (I) have given to you the lifetime of Re
and the years of Atum,
16 you having appeared in glory as king
upon the throne of Horus for ever and ever.
17 (I) have given to you all life, stability,
and dominion [...]"
BEHIND HATHOR
18 The protection of life, dominion, [...]
The University of Chicago Oriental Institute Publications Volume 116 (published 1998)
Reliefs and Inscriptions at Luxor Temple -- Volume 2 (Plates 129-227)
The Facade, Portals, Upper Register Scenes, Columns, Marginalia, and Statuary in the Colonnade Hall
Click images for printable pdfs
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If I don't return to this here journal/blog before then, have very happy holidays! 
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