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Model Tray from a Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Temple

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Description

Tray, model. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Basketry (grass). l. 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in); w. 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in). From: Temple of Hatshepsut, Foundation Deposit 2b (B), Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1921–22. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

Circular woven basketry model/tray with concentric, tightly packed spiral bands and a raised central rosette-like disk.

The object is a shallow, round tray composed of light-colored woven grass or basketry strips arranged in concentric circular courses. The weaving forms a strong spiral pattern across the surface, narrowing toward a central circular medallion. At the center there is a flower/rosette motif with radiating segments, creating a raised impression. No clearly legible hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible, and no figures or carved divine or royal iconography can be identified from the image provided. The surface is uniform and decorative, emphasizing the woven geometry rather than inscriptions. Lighting and image resolution prevent any confident reading of symbolic marks beyond the central rosette.

decorative New Kingdom (per catalogue); date uncertain from image alone good
Materials basketry (grass)

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Royals Hatshepsut
Materials Basketry

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116252068 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 22.3.243 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 575408 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
  • Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.