Reconstruction of a Foundation Deposit
Description
Foundation Deposit Pit, Hatshepsut. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Pottery, wood, leather, reed, stone, bronze or copper alloy, food remains. h. 96.5 cm (38 in); diam. at top 110 cm (43 5/16 in). From: Temple of Hatshepsut, Foundation Deposit 3–6 (C-F), Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1923–24. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1925.
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.
The image shows a pile of mixed archaeological finds within a stone-lined container or pit, including cylindrical and ring-like objects and several circular items filled with granular material.
A close view shows numerous small artifacts arranged together as if reconstructing a deposit. Prominent are several cylindrical wooden or reed-like pieces (light-colored, rod-shaped) and multiple ring-shaped elements with dark central openings (possibly hoops, collars, or fittings). At the lower right are at least two shallow circular containers or bowls with dark rims, each containing a granular substance (interpretable as food remains such as seeds or grains, though this cannot be confirmed from the image alone). The overall context appears to be stone fragments or a stone-lined feature surrounding the deposit. There are dark, angular marks resembling painted or carved lines, but no clearly legible hieroglyphic text is visible, and no cartouches or royal names can be read. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is apparent.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247829 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 25.3.39 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544457 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- 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.