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

• Authors: Beaux, Nathalie , Caban, Mariusz , Wieczorek, Dawid F

Abstracts

EN

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 mud-brick 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.

Keywords

EN

Deir el-Bahari; Tuthmosis III; Hathor; foundation deposit

• Publisher: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 27(2)
• Pages: 51-70

Dates

published

2019-08-01

Contributors

author

Beaux, Nathalie

author

Caban, Mariusz

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Wieczorek, Dawid F

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0013.3194