Model rocker

Model reocker

Votive deposits were placed in the foundations when a new temple was constructed. Their contents vary across time, but include materials used in construction. In the 18th Dynasty temple for the cult of queen Hatshepsut as Pharaoh, they include wooden rockers, of uncertain function; no full-scale example has survived, but presumably they were used in the construction of the terraced stone temple of Hatshepsut.

Present location

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN

Inventory number

1901:784

Dating

HATSHEPSUT/MAATKARE

Archaeological Site

DEIR EL-BAHARI

Category

TOOL (MODEL)

Material

WOOD

Technique

CARVED

Height

4 cm

Width

9.5 cm

Translation

the good god Maatkara beloved of Amun in (?) the valley(?) ... (?)

Bibliography

• Margaret Murray, National Museum of Science and Art, General Guide III. Egyptian Antiquities, Dublin 1910, 42

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