Model Meskhetyu Implement from the Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Tomb

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

Model Meskhetyu Implement from the Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Tomb — Unknown

This model of a meskhetyu implement was among the objects discovered in a foundation deposit in front of the tomb of Hatshepsut (KV 20) in the Valley of the Kings. For more information on this deposit, see 30.8.6. The meskhetyu implement was used in the "opening of the mouth" ceremony.

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
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