Fragments of Malachite
Object type: Malachite fragments (3)
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Malachite
Dimensions: 1.5 × 0.8 cm (9/16 × 5/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Tomb of Senenmut (TT 353)
Locus: Foundation deposit
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1926–27
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1927
Accession year: 1927