Foundation deposit tablet
Object type: Foundation deposit tablet, Mentuhotep II
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 11
Reign: reign of Mentuhotep III
Date: ca. 2060–2010 B.C.
Medium: Wood
Dimensions: 2 5/16 x 5 1/2 in. (5.8 x 13.9 cm)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Temple of Mentuhotep II
Locus: foundation deposit, NW corner
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–22
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession year: 1922