Scarab Inscribed for the Perfect God Maatkare (Hatshepsut), Flanked by Two Red Crowns ca. 1479–1458 New Kingdom During the 1926-1927 excavation season, the Museum's Egyptian Expedition uncovered three foundation deposits along the eastern enclosure wall of Hatshepsut's funerary temple at Deir el-Bahri in Western Thebes. Among the contents were 299 scarabs and stamp-seals. Sixty-five of these are now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, and the rest were acquired by the Museum in the division of the inscriptions on the bases of these scarabs and seals are examples of every title Hats
Scarab Inscribed for the Perfect God Maatkare (Hatshepsut), Flanked by Two Red Crowns ca. 1479–1458 New Kingdom During the 1926-1927 excavation season, the Museum's Egyptian Expedition uncovered three foundation deposits along the eastern enclosure wall of Hatshepsut's funerary temple at Deir el-Bahri in Western Thebes. Among the contents were 299 scarabs and stamp-seals. Sixty-five of these are now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, and the rest were acquired by the Museum in the division of the inscriptions on the bases of these scarabs and seals are examples of every title Hatshepsut held, from the time she was "king's daughter" during the reign of her father, Thutmose I; through the time she was queen of her half-brother, Thutmose II; and during her regency and co-reign with her nephew/step-son, Thutmose the death of her husband, Hatshepsut became regent for her nephew who was a small child. The length of this regency period is uncertain, with estimates ranging from two to seven years. At some time, probably toward the end of the regency, Hatshepsut adopted the name Maatkare which was usually enclosed in a cartouche and became her throne name as king. The name may be roughly translated as Maat (the goddess of truth) is the life force of Re (the sun god). On this scarab, Hatshepsut's throne name, Maatkare, is enclosed in a cartouche surmounted by an atef-crown and flanked by hieroglyphs representing the red crown of Lower Egypt (the Delta region). On either side of the cartouche are the hieroglyphs nefer netcher, The Good God (or The Perfect God), one of the epithets of the Scarab Inscribed for the Perfect God Maatkare (Hatshepsut), Flanked by Two Red Crowns. ca. 1479–1458 Steatite (glazed). New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Temple of Hatshepsut, Foundation Deposit 9 (I), MMA excavations, 1926–27. Dynasty 18, early
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