WALTERS-EG
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Foundation Stone with Inscriptions
Description
<p>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.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/41.30' rel='external'>Foundation Stone with Inscriptions</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A rounded limestone block (foundation-stone shaped) incised with a band of hieroglyphic-style inscriptions across the curved face.
The object appears as a small, horizontally oriented, dome-like/rounded slab of light-colored stone. The surface shows natural wear, mottling, and scattered dark stains/marks. A single register or band of incised signs runs roughly left-to-right across the front, with additional smaller marks and rows near the upper left. The incised lines are darkened by age and/or dirt, making individual signs only partially legible. No cartouche boundaries or clearly diagnostic royal titulary shapes are confidently readable from this image. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic script is visible. The inscription style is consistent with Egyptian hieroglyphs or cursive hieroglyphic text rather than later scripts.
hieroglyphic only
unknown (likely Egyptian dynastic period based on hieroglyphic inscriptions; exact date unclear)
good
Materials
limestone
Signs
hieroglyphic elements (incised linear signs; exact signs unclear) ×20
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
English description
[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.
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 41.30 tier-2
- Walters-id 24431 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Walters Art Museum (Egyptian).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.