Foundation deposit
scarab
glazed steatite
Scarab made of blue glazed steatite. Type 4[1] - back with marked prothorax and elytra. On the base there is an inscription with Hatshepsut's prenomen in cartouche: "Maat-ka-Ra, the Lord of Two Lands, the Good God, given life for eternity (Mȝʿ.t-kȝ-Rʿ nb tȝ.wj nṯr nfr ʿnḫ ḏ.t)". Hieroglyphs are located on both sides of the cartouche - nb tȝ.wj and ʿnḫ are on the left, the rest of the signs are on the right. The cartouche is topped with double ostrich feathered crown with horns. Inscription is oriented vertically on the scarab.
Footnotes
- ^ 1394: Scarab-shaped seals. Catalogue général des antiquités des égyptiennes du Musée de Caire, nos. 36001-37521 - - 1907 - Newberry, Percy E..
Excavated by the H.E. Winlock (Metropolitan Museum of Art) in the temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari in 1926-1927. Gained by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1927 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- Weinstein, James Morris, Foundation Deposits in Ancient Egypt, unpublished PhD thesis, University of Pennsylvania 1973, 159-160
- 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, 87-88, Fig(s). 48
- Winlock, Herbert Eustis, Excavations at Deir el-Bahri 1911-1931, New York 1942, 132-135, Pl(s). 43
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 23.2, 1928, Fig(s). 28
- 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, 150