Adze
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. handle 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in); l. blade 16.6 cm (6 9/16 in); w. blade 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Temple of Hatshepsut, forecourt
Locus: Foundation Deposit 5 (E)
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1923–24
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1925
Accession year: 1925