A cylindrical vessel made of alabaster discovered by the Metropolitan Museum mission in excavating the deposits of the foundation of the Temple of the Holy of the Holies of Amun, known as the Temple of Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari, in 1923 and is currently on display in the Metropolitan Museum.
It dates back to Queen Hatshepsut’s reign. It had hieroglyphs written on both the body and the lid of the cylindrical vessel, which are foundational inscriptions that record one of the important rituals and rituals in establishing the temple, which is the ritual tug of war.
Simply this ritual was carried out at night to determine directions according to the locations of the stars appearing in the sky, and the king would help the writing goddess Shath by pushing pegs in the four main corners of the temple to determine its area and tighten the rope and tie it and fasten it in these pegs.
It consists of laying the foundation stone for the temple while determining the design and dimensions of the temple and linking the entrances and exits with the locations of the stars.
The text on the vessel says the translation.
{Daughter of Ra, “the companion of Amun, the first of the nobles, she built her footprints for her father Amun at the time of tying the rope for the sanctity of the holies of Amun.” The name of the temple. She built it so that she may live.}
The text on the cover says the translation
{Let the good God live, “Maat Ka Ra”. She built her trail for her father Amun at the time of the tying of the rope for the sanctity of the holies of Amun, “the name of the temple” she constructed so that she may live like Ra forever.}