Carpenter's Adze from a Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Temple
Object type: Adze, carpenter, Hatshepsut, Maatkare
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. of handle 19.6 cm (7 11/16 in.)
L. of blade 15.7 cm (6 3/16 in.) ; W. 5.3 cm (2 1/16 in.)

Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Temple of Hatshepsut
Locus: Foundation Deposit 1 (A)
Excavation: Egypt Exploration Fund excavations, 1894–95
Credit line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1896
Accession year: 1896