Foundation deposit
stone vessel
calcite
Calcite vase with lid. Vase has flat base, ledged rim, cylindrical body and concave neck. Traces of ointment are visible inside. On the body vase there is an inscription in incised hieroglyphes arranged in two columns topped with pt-sign: Good God, Maat-ka-Ra, she made her building as her father's, Amun, during stretching the cord in Amun of Djeser-djeseru, what she does being endowed with life for eternity (1. nṯr nfr Mȝʿt-kȝ-Rʿ jr.n.s m mnw n (j)t.s Jmn nb nst tȝwy 2. ḫt.f pḏ-šs ḥr Jmn Ḏsr-ḏsrw m pr jr.s ʿnḫ.tj ḏ.t)".
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
The content of the vase was subjected to the examination conducted by M. Serpico[1].
Footnotes
^ 1505: The Contents of Jars in Hatshepsut’s Foundation Deposit at Deir el-Bahri and their Significance for Trade - - - Serpico, M.
Bibliography:
- Weinstein, James Morris, Foundation Deposits in Ancient Egypt, unpublished PhD thesis, University of Pennsylvania 1973, 159-160
- Roehrig, Catharine H., The Foundation Deposits of Hatshepsut's Mortuary Temple at Deir el-Bahari, in: Dorman, Peter F., Bryan, Betsy M., Galán, José M., Occasional Proceedings of the Theban Workshop. Creativity and Innovation in the Reign of Hatshepsut. Papers from the Theban Workshop 2010, Chicago 2014, 150-151
- 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, 85