Model Brick Mold from the Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Tomb

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ca. 1479–1458 B.C. · Wood · Egyptian Art

This model of a brick mold 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 tools or models of tools that would have been used for the construction of a building or the excavation of a tomb. The entrance of Hatshepsut's tomb would have been blocked with mud bricks. For more information on this deposit, see 30.8.6.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1479–1458 B.C.

Medium

Wood

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

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