MAKE A MEME View Large Image Egyptian - Foundation Stone with Inscriptions - Walters 4130 - Top.jpg 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 ...
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Keywords: Egyptian - Foundation Stone with Inscriptions - Walters 4130 - Top.jpg 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 between 1479 1458 BC New Kingdom limestone cm 2 4 5 4 3 5 accession number 41 30 24431 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 city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1923 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 place of origin Deir el-Bahri present-day Western Thebes Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian art in the Walters Art Museum Works of the Egyptian New Kingdom Ancient Egyptian reliefs in the Walters Art Museum Cartouches of Hatshepsut
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