Reconstruction of a Foundation Deposit
Object type: Foundation Deposit Pit, Hatshepsut
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Pottery, wood, leather, reed, stone, bronze or copper alloy, food remains
Dimensions: h. 96.5 cm (38 in); diam. at top 110 cm (43 5/16 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Temple of Hatshepsut
Locus: Foundation Deposit 3–6 (C-F)
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1923–24
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1925
Accession year: 1925