Foundation deposit
hoe
32.5cm
wood
leather
Model wooden hoe made of two separate pieces one of which is pierced through at an angle for insertion of other piece. Bound with a red leather thongs. On a longer piece there is an incised hieroglyphic inscription: "Good God Maat-ka-Ra, beloved of Amun, Foremost of Djeser-djeseru (nṯr nfr Mȝʿ.t-kȝ-Rʿ mrjj.t Jmn ḫntj Ḏsr-ḏsrw)".
Excavated by E. Naville (Egypt Exploration Fund) in the temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari in 1894-1895. Donated by the Egypt Exploration Fund to the Musées royaux du Cinquantenaire à Bruxelles in 1904.
Museum object
See also Egyptian Global Museum.
Bibliography:
- Weinstein, James Morris, Foundation Deposits in Ancient Egypt, unpublished PhD thesis, University of Pennsylvania 1973, 156-157
- Naville, Edouard, The Temple of Deir el-Bahari. Part VI. The Lower Terrace, Additions and Plans, Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund 29, London 1908, 9
- Porter, Bertha, Moss, Rosalind L.B., Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings II. Theban Temples, 2nd ed., Oxford 1972, 368
- Seelers, Louis, Recueil des inscriptions égyptiennes des Musées royaux du Cinquantenaire à Bruxelles, Bruxelles 1923, 36 [127]
- 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, 148-149, Fig(s). 8.12
- Capart, Jean, Nouvelles acquisitions, Bulletin des Musées Royaux des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels à Bruxelles 3.10, 1904, 90 [7]