Foundation deposit
pottery
8.0cm
9.5cm
clay
Small jar with convex neck, narrowing rim, rounded body and flat base, made of red clay, harshly formed.
Excavated by E. Naville (Egypt Exploration Fund) in the temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari in 1894-1895. Donated to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston by the Egypt Exploration Fund.
Museum object
Bibliography:
- Weinstein, James Morris, Foundation Deposits in Ancient Egypt, unpublished PhD thesis, University of Pennsylvania 1973, 156
- 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
- Eggebrecht, Arne, Eggebrecht, Eva, Ägyptens Aufstieg zur Weltmacht, Mainz am Rhein 1987, 154-156