Foundation Stone with Inscriptions

Description Daughter of King Thutmose I and wife of her half-brother, King Thutmose II, Queen Hatshepsut eventually ruled Egypt as pharaoh in her own right. This commemorative stone was placed at a construction site, probably of the temple built for her at Deir el-Bahari, one of the most beautiful monuments of ancient Egypt. It bears the queen's throne name, Maat-ka-re, as well as that of the temple's architect, Senenmut.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
9/17/1998	Examination	survey

Provenance Rev. William MacGregor Collection Sale, Sotheby's, London, 1922, p. 83, no. 648; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Translation] The Good God, Maat-ka-re (Hatshepsut), Beloved of Amun, By the Overseer of the fields of Amun, Senenmut, who made these difficult (things) for Amun, by the Overseer of the House/Temple of Amun, Senenmut.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1923