Model Stone Rocker from a Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Temple

New Kingdom

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 116

When a pharaoh decided to build a temple, a foundation ceremony was performed during which the outlines of the building were marked by cords stretched over wooden pegs. At certain places along the circumference or the axis of the future building holes were dug in the ground into which the king placed votive objects.

Many of the objects placed in foundation deposits were tools used for construction of the building or of the shrines and statues to be housed within it. Some tools, such as this brick cradle, were models; others were full-size, usable tools (see 96.4.7).

Model Stone Rocker from a Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Temple, Wood, ink

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Model Stone Rocker from a Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Temple, Wood, ink
Model Stone Rocker from a Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Temple, Wood, ink
Model Stone Rocker from a Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Temple, Wood, ink
Model Stone Rocker from a Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Temple, Wood, ink
Model Stone Rocker from a Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Temple, Wood, ink
Model Stone Rocker from a Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Temple, Wood, ink

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