Fragments of the relief with the journey to Punt ordered by Hatshepsut
These three blocks show four characters pushing two donkeys with a kind of saddle, holding a stick, next to one of the precious antyu trees. Each of the men holds a staff. They come from the southern portico of the second terrace of the temple; depicted is the scene of the expedition to the land of Punt ordered by the pharaoh to procure valuable and exotic products (especially antyu) to give to the god Amun-Ra; depicted is a village on the shores of a body of water (most probably the Red Sea), where stilts alternate with palm trees; meeting between the Egyptian delegation and the natives, bearing innumerable products; in one block there are Parehu, prince of Punt, and his wife Ati, followed by three locals; the prince has a necklace with three pendants, has a dagger and a staff, the queen has a streatopygia that deforms her face, her spine is very curved, she has many deep folds in her body, she wears a tunic, bracelets, necklace; the other three carry boxes for the Egyptians
