Model Dish from a Foundation Depsoit

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This model dish is from one of the foundation deposits that were placed in front of the entrance of KV 42 in the Valley of the Kings. The inscription identifies the tomb's owner as Queen Hatshepsut-Merytre, principal wife of Thutmose III, whose tomb was located nearby. The inscription painted on the rim of the bowl begins with the title King's Wife followed by her name, bracketed by an abbreviated cartouche, and ends with the standard funerary epithet "true of voice" (or "justified"). Two model ointment jars from the KV 42 foundation deposits are also in the collection. For a more complete discussion of KV 42 and its contents, see the Curatorial Interpretation below.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.

Metropolitan Museum of Art