Hathorisagoddesswho,despiteherubiquity,hasreceivedrelativelyfewdetailedtreatmentsinEgyptologicalliterature.Hervastarchetypecannotbeencompassedreadily,andmanyaspectsofhercultcontinuetobeobscure.TheposthumouspublicationofJ.J.Clère＇sstudyrepresentsamajorstepforwardinunderstandingtheenigmaticpriesthoodknownasisw-nw-Ht-hr("thetonsuredonesofHathor").For,eventhoughhedidnotlivetowriteanessayininterpretationortopresenthisconclusions,theworkunderreviewcontainsthefulldocumentationonwhichfurtherresearchmustbebased.Clère＇snoteshavebeenscrupulouslymarshalledandeditedbyadistinguishedteamunderthedirectionofMmePaulePosener-Kriéger,whosedevotionandskillareevidentthroughoutthisbeautifulbook.Theauthorfirstidentifiesthewordi(3)sasreferringtothephysicalconditionnowknownasalopeciaareata,orbaldnessofthecrownofthehead.Suchastateisrepresentedonthemonuments,wheremen,chiefly
