Foundation deposit
scarab
1.2cm
glazed steatite
Scarab made of green glazed steatite. Type 4[1] - back with marked prothorax and elytra. On the base there is an inscription: " God's wife, Hatshepsut, given life forever (ḥm(.t) nṯr ḥȝt-šps.wt djʿnḫ ḏ.t)". Between signs nṯr and ʿnḫ there are three marks (plural) and small nb-sign. Incised hieroglyphs are vertically oriented to the right. Inscription is horizontally oriented on the scarab. Length 1.6cm.
Footnotes
Excavated by the H.E. Winlock (Metropolitan Museum of Art) in the temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari in 1926-1927. Gained by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1927 in the division of finds (Rogers Fund).
Museum object
Bibliography:
- Weinstein, James Morris, Foundation Deposits in Ancient Egypt, unpublished PhD thesis, University of Pennsylvania 1973, 159-160
- Hayes, William C., The Scepter of Egypt: A Background for the Study of the Egyptian Antiquities in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. 2, The Hyksos Period and the New Kingdom, Cambridge, Mass. 1959, 87-88, Fig(s). 48
- Winlock, Herbert Eustis, Excavations at Deir el-Bahri 1911-1931, New York 1942, 132-135, Pl(s). 43
- Winlock, Herbert Eustis, The Egyptian Expedition 1925-1927: The Museum's Excavations at Thebes, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 23.2, 1928, Fig(s). 28
- Roehrig, Catharine H., The Foundation Deposits of Hatshepsut's Mortuary Temple at Deir el-Bahari, in: Dorman, Peter F., Galán, José M., Bryan, Betsy M., Occasional Proceedings of the Theban Workshop. Creativity and Innovation in the Reign of Hatshepsut. Papers from the Theban Workshop 2010, Chicago 2014, 150, 154