Foundation deposit
stone vessel
11.0cm
calcite
Calcite vase and lid, with signs of the ointment on the surface. Flat base, ledged rim, cylindrical body and concave neck. Inscribed with vertically incised hieroglyphs painted blue: "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 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- Weinstein, James Morris, Foundation Deposits in Ancient Egypt, unpublished PhD thesis, University of Pennsylvania 1973, 156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