Carpenter's Chisel from a Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Temple
Object type: Chisel
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, Copper alloy
Dimensions: L. 21.7 cm (8 9/16 in.); W. 2.5 cm (1 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