Model Flail from the Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Tomb

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ca. 1479–1458 B.C. · Wood, gold foil · Egyptian Art

This gold-covered flail, a royal emblem, was among the objects discovered in a foundation deposit in front of the tomb of Hatshepsut (KV 20) in the Valley of the Kings. Foundation deposits often contained magical implements and amulets intended to protect building or tomb that they marked. For more information on this deposit, see 30.8.6.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1479–1458 B.C.

Medium

Wood, gold foil

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915