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Relief of Hatshepsut with the Goddess Seshat

In this relief Hatshepsut is depicted as a male pharaoh and joins Seshat, goddess of wisdom, knowledge, and writing, in the foundation ceremony required to demarcate a construction site. 

New Kingdom, mid 18th Dynasty, reign of Hatshepsut, ca. 1479-1458 BC. Detail of a carving in Chapelle Rouge or the Red Chapel of Hatshepsut, Karnak Temple Complex.