Capital hathoric
See also: Capital
The capital hathoric is an architectural element of the Egyptian art, capping the columns or pillars of religious buildings dedicated to a female divine form.
This type of capital is known as hathoric because of the aspect specific of its faces carved to the image of the face of the goddess Hathor; two or four faces reproduce this female face with the ears of cow, characteristic of the goddess.
The most known specimens are those of the temple of Denderah, but of other sanctuaries dedicated to a female divinity comprised some. One will quote in particular the temple of Bastet to Bubastis, the rupestral temple of Néfertari to Abou Simbel, the temple of Nekhbet to El Kab or the Temple of Hathor de Memphis.
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