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Bundle of Model Mats from the Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Tomb

Unknown Artist

These model mats were 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.

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

c. 1479-1458 B.C.
Papyrus, fiber
7.5in
30.8.12
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2020

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