Bivalve-shaped Stone
Object type: Hammer, bivalve, 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: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions: L. 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in.); W. 7.2 cm (2 13/16 in.); Th. 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Temple of Hatshepsut
Locus: Foundation Deposit 7 (G)
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1926–27
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1927
Accession year: 1927
Tags: Hieroglyphs