Leatherworker's Awl with a Broken Handle
Object type: Awl with handle, leatherwork
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Amenhotep III
Date: ca. 1390–1352 B.C.
Medium: Wood, bronze or copper alloy
Dimensions: Overall length 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in); length of blade 5 cm (1 15/16 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Malqata
Locale: Houses G-K
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1910–11
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1911
Accession year: 1911