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Foundation Deposits of Hatshepsut's Temple at Deir el Bahri

There were 11 foundation deposits associated with Hatshepsut's temple that have been found, with a wide range of items from model tools to alabastar ointment jars.

From Deir el Bahri, Thebes.

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Hatshepsut, c. 1479-1458 BCE.

Funerary Objects from the Late Period

Lentoid Bottle Inscribed for God's Father Amenhotep

Cosmetic Box, Mirrors and Four Ointment Jars

Frog Shaped Stone Jar

Vessel in the Form of a Duck

Stone Vessel in the Shape of a Lotus Blossom

D-Ware Vessel with Painted Hills

Black-topped Redware Jar with Sculpted Lizard Decoration

D-Ware Vessel with Wavy Line Decoration

Black-topped Red-ware Vessel with Rivet Holes

Shallow Bowl with a Ripple Finish

Two Black-topped Red Ware Vessels With a Model Vessel (left)

Small Black-topped Red Ware Vessel

Limestone Lug Handled Jar

Three Stone Lug-Handled Jars (Left) Plus Two Ceramic Lug-handled Jars Painted to Look Like Stone (Right)

One Stone Jar (left) and one Ceramic Lug-handled Jar Painted to Look Like Stone

Carved Soapstone Vessel with Blue Glaze and Decoration Imitating Basketwork

Vase with Painted String Decoration

D-Ware Vessel with Decoration of Two Boats with Male & Female Figures at the Prows

D-Ware Pot Decorated with Two Boats, With Gazelles in the Boat

Three D-Ware Vases with Wavy Decoration (Two with Wavy Handles)

A Jar With an Ink Inscription Naming Narmer

Fragment of a Quartz Vase with an Inscription of One of the Names of Qaa

Fragment of a Vessel with the Name of Merneith and the Name of a Building

Fragment of Ivory or Bone Vessel

Fragments of an Obsidian Vessel

Pottery Vessel Decorated with Ring of People

Vase Decorated with Crocodiles and Hippos

Pottery Vessel Decorated with Ring of People

Oil Jar with Narmer's Name

Alabaster Vase in the Form of an Ibex

Lion Shaped Vessel

Calcite Cup in the Form of a Lotus Flower

Calcite Cup in the Form of a Lotus Flower

Alabaster Basin with Boat with Antelope-Headed Bow and Stern

Ornamental Alabaster Vase

Alabaster Vessel and Statuette

Small Stone Vessels

Anthropomorphic Vessel

Decorated Metal Vessel

Beaker with Nile River Scene

Beaker with Nile River Scene

Jars with Lizards

Jar with Flamingos

Large Jar with Boats and Figures

Large Jar with Boat Procession & Animals in Landscape

Large Jar with Boat Procession & Animals in Landscape

Bowl Shaped Like a Hieroglyph

Libation Dish Shaped Like the Hieroglyphs "ka" and "ankh"

Libation Dish Shaped Like the Hieroglyphs "ka" and "ankh"

Dioritic gneiss Bowl

Basin and Ewer Displayed in the Tomb Chapel of Raemki

Miniature Ritual Set and Two Miniature Vessels

Miniature "nw" Pot

Vase in the Shape of a Female Monkey and Her Young

Flask in the Shape of a Goose

Lid of an Ointment Jar

Cosmetics Vessel in the Shape of a Cat

Cosmetics Vessel in the Shape of a Cat

Vase in the Shape of a Duck

Foundation Deposits of Hatshepsut's Temple at Deir el Bahri

Foundation Deposits of Hatshepsut's Temple at Deir el Bahri

Foundation Deposits of Hatshepsut's Temple at Deir el Bahri

Foundation Deposits of Hatshepsut's Temple at Deir el Bahri

Fragment of a Vase Decorated with an Ibex & Plants

Small Vase with Flower Decoration

Perfume Bottle in Shape of a Hes Vessel

Faience Hes Vase with Cover

Vase of Pepi II

Bronze hes Vase

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