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Foundation marker of Amenhotep III
General Information

Copper foundation marker bearing the throne name of King Amenhotep III, Neb-maat-re, in a cartouche.

Number MET.LL.00386
Storing Place The California Institute of World Archaeology - California - United States of America
Material Brass
Type Foundation deposits
Type of Script Hieroglyphic
Height 151.1 cm
Historical Period The Eighteenth Dynasty – The New Kingdom
General Comments

Among the ceremonies that were performed when the foundation was laid of a temple, or pyramid, or fortress, was the deposit, in a secure and secret part of it, of a series of pieces of each material that was used in the construction of the building. And the founder’s name was usually cut or stamped in each piece.

Inscriptions on the Monument
Transliteration
( If the Hieroglyphic,Demotic or Hieratic text is not appearing clear, install this file )

Nb tAwy nb mAat ra


Translation

Lord of two lands, Neb-maat-re (Amenhotep III)

Scientific Publishing

C. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt, (Austin, 1994), 99
E. A. W. Budge, The Mummy: a Handbook of Egyptian Funerary Archaeology, (New York, 1989), 450
I. Shaw, The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, (Oxford, 2000), 103
P. A. Clayton, Chronicle of the Pharaohs: The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers and Dynasties of Ancient Egypt, (London, 1994), 117

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