Deir el-Bahri Punt Expedition Inscriptions
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Date: c. 1470 BCE
Reliefs and inscriptions on the middle terrace of Hatshepsut's temple at Deir el-Bahri that record her expedition to Punt, completed before her ninth year (c. 1470 BCE). An oracle of Amon from his throne orders the voyage, and the captions follow the fleet from its departure through the trade in Punt, the loading of myrrh trees and incense, and the return to Thebes. The queen presents the goods to Amon, measures the myrrh and weighs the gold before him, and announces to her court that she has made a Punt for the god in his temple garden. Amon asks her to offer the myrrh pure and cleansed, to make ointment for his limbs and to adorn his statue. The English text is based on James Henry Breasted's 1906 translation.
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