Model cradle

Model stone cradle or rocker with semicircular solid wood sides joined by 7 wooden spars fitted into sides. Model version of a cradle used to move blocks of stone. Inscribed: ntr nfr (M3-k3-R') Imn m dsr dsrw R'mry - 'the good god, Makare, beloved of Amun-Re in the Holy of Holies (Deir el-Bahri temple)'.

Model stone cradle or rocker with semicircular solid wood sides joined by 7 wooden spars fitted into sides. Model version of a cradle used to move blocks of stone. Inscribed: ntr nfr (M3-k3-R') Imn m dsr dsrw R'mry - 'the good god, Makare, beloved of Amun-Re in the Holy of Holies (Deir el-Bahri temple)'.

Object Model cradle
Provenance Deir el-Bahri, Thebes, Egypt
Site Hatshepsut Temple
Period Dynasty XVIII
Material Wood
Subject Egyptology
Ref. No 1896.40:01
Copyrights Bolton Council