Surveyor's Mallet From Foundation Deposit B, Hatshepsut's Temple
Object type: Mallet, surveyor, Hatshepsut
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
Dimensions: L. 40.1 cm (15 13/16 in.); Diam. 16.8 cm (6 5/8 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Temple of Hatshepsut
Locus: Foundation Deposit 2b (B)
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1921–22
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession year: 1922