Adze
Object type: Adze
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Date: ca. 1550–1295 B.C.
Medium: Wood, bronze or copper alloy, leather
Dimensions: l. handle 27.5 cm (10 13/16 in); l. blade 17 cm (6 11/16 in); w. blade 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Temple of Hatshepsut, forecourt
Locus: Foundation Deposit 5 (E)
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1923–24
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1925
Accession year: 1925