Inscribed Adze From Foundation Deposit 2 of Hatshepsut's Valley Temple
Object type: Adze
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Wood, bronze or copper alloy, leather
Dimensions: l. 27 cm (10 5/8 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: Hatshepsut Valley Temple
Locus: Foundation Deposit 5AFD2
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1915–16
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1916
Accession year: 1916