Foundation deposit
stone vessel
4.4 cm
4.6 cm
calcite
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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, 105, Pl(s). XIV, Fig(s). 1
- Naville, Edouard, Carter, Howard, Davis, Theodore M., The Tomb of Hâtshopsîtû, 2nd ed., London 2004, 77, 105, Pl(s). XIV, Fig(s). 1
- 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
- Porter, Bertha, Moss, Rosalind L.B., Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings I. Theban Necropolis. Part 2. Royal Tombs and Smaller Cemeteries, 2nd ed., London 1964, 547
- Weinstein, James Morris, Foundation Deposits in Ancient Egypt, unpublished PhD thesis, University of Pennsylvania 1973, 166