Foundation deposit
model tool
19.1 cm
copper alloy or bronze, wood
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Found during the excavations of Howard Carter in 1903-1904; acquired by Theodore M. Davis in the division of finds in 1903. Bequeathed to the Museum by Theodore M. Davis in 1915; accessioned in 1930.
Museum object
Bibliography:
- Naville, Edouard, Carter, Howard, Davis, Theodore M., The Tomb of Hâtshopsîtû, London 1906, 77, 106, Pl(s). XV, Fig(s). 5
- Naville, Edouard, Carter, Howard, Davis, Theodore M., The Tomb of Hâtshopsîtû, 2nd ed., London 2004, 77, 106, Pl(s). XV, Fig(s). 5
- 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, 103
- Moss, Rosalind L.B., Porter, Bertha, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings II. Theban Temples, 2nd ed., Oxford 1972, 547
- Weinstein, James Morris, Foundation Deposits in Ancient Egypt, unpublished PhD thesis, University of Pennsylvania 1973, 166