Foundation deposit
stone vessel
calcite
Calcite vase with lid. Vase has flat base, ledged rim, cylindrical body and concave neck. On the body there is an inscription divided into two columns topped with pt-sign: "Good Goddess, Maat-ka-Ra, may she live, beloved by Amun-Ra, Lord of the Throne of Two Lands (1. nṯr.t nfr(.t) Mȝʿt-kȝ-Rʿ ʿnḫ.tj 2.mrjj.t Jmn-Rʿ nb nst tȝ.wj)".
Excavated by H. Carter and Carnarvon in 1909-1911. Purchased and donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Edward S. Harkness in 1926.
Museum object
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- Weinstein, James Morris, Foundation Deposits in Ancient Egypt, unpublished PhD thesis, University of Pennsylvania 1973, 161-162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, 30-31
- Roehrig, Catharine H., The Foundation Deposits of Hatshepsut's Mortuary Temple at Deir el-Bahari, in: Bryan, Betsy M., Dorman, Peter F., 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