Foundation deposit
stone
calcite
Calcite ovoid stone bearing inscription: "Good Goddess 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 (ʿnḫ nṯr.t nfr(.t) Mȝʿt-kȝ-Rʿ jr.n.s m mnw.s n (j)t.s Jmn ḫt.f pḏ-šs ḥr Jmn Ḏsr-ḏsrw m pr jr.s ʿnḫ.tj)".
Excavated by H. Carter and Carnarvon in 1909-1911.
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Bibliography:
- Weinstein, James Morris, Foundation Deposits in Ancient Egypt, unpublished PhD thesis, University of Pennsylvania 1973, 161-162
- Carter, Howard, Excavations in the Valley of Der el Bahari, in: Carter, Howard, Earl of Carnarvon, Five Years’ Explorations at Thebes. A Record of Work Done 1907-1911, London 1912, 31, Pl(s). XXII.2.N
- 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, 151