A new double foundation deposit in the Hathor Shrine of Tuthmosis III at Deir el-Bahari Cover Image

A new double foundation deposit in the Hathor Shrine of Tuthmosis III at Deir el-Bahari
A new double foundation deposit in the Hathor Shrine of Tuthmosis III at Deir el-Bahari

Author(s): Nathalie Beaux, Mariusz Caban, Dawid F. Wieczorek
Subject(s): Archaeology, Architecture, Local History / Microhistory, Ancient World
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Deir el-Bahari; Tuthmosis III; Hathor; foundation deposit;

Summary/Abstract: A double foundation deposit was found in the souteastern part of the Tuthmosis III Hathor shrine at Deir el-Bahari. The architectural features, a pit with a niche at the bottom, confirm the dating of both of these deposits to the times of Tuthmosis III. An original feature of the southeastern one is the initial circular cavity changed into a semicircular one by the building of a mudbrick wall in the east. Several courses of mud bricks built up the rim of the pit above the rock-carved cavity. The whole structure was plastered inside with mud plaster. The bricks were mostly reused from the Middle Kingdom structure of Mentuhotep II. The content, although disturbed, still consists of organic offerings as well as ceramics, but no inscribed material.

  • Issue Year: 2/2018
  • Issue No: XXVII
  • Page Range: 51-70
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: English