Bowl of Sand
Object type: Bowl, sand, foundation deposit, 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, sand
Dimensions: h. 6 cm ( 2 3/8 in); diam. 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Temple of Hatshepsut
Locus: Foundation Deposit 7, 8, 9 (G, H, I)
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1926–27
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1927
Accession year: 1927