Foundation deposit
tool
wood
copper alloy or bronze
Chisel made of copper alloy or bronze, with a wooden handle. Metal part has a flat end. Length 23.5cm.
Excavated by the H.E. Winlock (Metropolitan Museum of Art) in the temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari in 1923-1924. Gained by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1925 in the division of finds (Rogers Fund).
Museum object
Bibliography:
- Weinstein, James Morris, Foundation Deposits in Ancient Egypt, unpublished PhD thesis, University of Pennsylvania 1973, 158-159
- 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, 149
- Winlock, Herbert Eustis, The Egyptian Expedition 1923-1924, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 19.12, 1924, 16
- Scott, Nora, Our Egyptian Furniture, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 24.4, 1965, Fig(s). 5