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Foundation marker of Seti I

General Information

Copper foundation marker bearing the throne name of King Seti I, Men-maat-re, in a cartouche.

Number	MET.LL.00385
Storing Place	The California Institute of World Archaeology - California - United States of America
Material	Brass
Type	Foundation deposits
Type of Script	Hieroglyphic
Height	15.5 cm
Historical Period	The Nineteenth 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

The text

Transliteration

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

sA mn mAat ra

Translation

Son of Re, Men-maat-re (Seti I)

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