Carpenter's Square
Object type: Carpenter's square
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: reign of Amenemhat I, early
Date: ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Medium: Wood: Pinus pinea or halepensis (US Department of Agriculture, 1965)
Dimensions: L. 15.1 cm (5 15/16 in.); W. 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Southern Asasif
Locale: Tomb of Meketre (TT 280, MMA 1101)
Locus: Serdab, stable
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1920
Accession year: 1920