Ramesses III as Guarantor of Maat: the Iconographic Evidence at Medinet Habu

espanolEntre las escenas que decoran el templo de Millones de Anos de Rameses III en Medinet Habu, hay dos grupos de representaciones donde el rey aparece realizando dos rituales que garantizan el orden cosmico establecido desde el principio de los tiempos. Ambos rituales se complementan, como podemos observar en las dos estelas fechadas en el ano 12 y en la decoracion de la sala 32 del mismo templo. En esta ultima estancia, con los dos rituales, Rameses III pretendia asegurar la llegada de la inundacion, que procuraba la renovacion y la prosperidad de la tierra gracias a la fuerza vivificadora de las aguas portadoras de sedimentos. EnglishAmong the scenes depicted on the walls of the Temple of Millions of Years of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu there are two set of representations which portray the king performing two rituals whose purpose was to assure the cosmic order established from the beginning of times. Both rituals complement each other, as we can notice analyzing the depictions both on the stelae erected by Ramesses III in his 12th regnal year at the entrance of the main pylon, and on the walls of Room 32 inside the temple. Specifically, the rituals performed by Ramesses III inside Room 32 intended to ensure the annual advent of the Nile flood, which granted the renewal and prosperity of the earth thanks to the life-giving force of its waters filled of sediments.