Ax head inscribed for Khumeh with two baboons and a papyrus column
Object type: Ax head with 2 cynocephali apes and papyrus column
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12–18
Date: ca. 1981–1550 B.C.
Medium: Bronze or copper alloy
Dimensions: H. 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in); W. 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Credit line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Accession year: 1926
Tags: Animals|Hieroglyphs