Polishing Stone from a Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Temple
Object type: Polishing Stone
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions: H. 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in.); W. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Temple of Hatshepsut
Locus: Foundation Deposit 2a (B)
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1921–22
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession year: 1922