Model Brick Mold from the Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Tomb

 This model of a brick mold was among the objects discovered in a foundation deposit in front of the tomb of Hatshepsut (KV 20) in the Valley of the Kings. Foundation deposits often contained tools or models of tools that would have been used for the construction of a building or the excavation of a tomb. The entrance of Hatshepsut's tomb would have been blocked with mud bricks. For more information on this deposit, see 30.8.6.

• Title: Model Brick Mold from the Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Tomb

• Period: New Kingdom

• Dynasty: Dynasty 18

• Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III

• Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.

• Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Hatshepsut (KV 20), Foundation deposit, Davis/Carter excavations, 1903–04

• Medium: Wood

• Dimensions: L. 9.9 cm (3 7/8 in); w. 6 cm (2 3/8 in)

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

• Object Number: 30.8.7