Stone Mason's Chisel
Object type: Chisel, bronze or copper
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 11
Reign: reign of Mentuhotep II
Date: ca. 2051–2000 B.C.
Medium: Hammered bronze or copper alloy
Dimensions: L. 19.5 cm (7 11/16 in.); W. 2.2 cm (7/8 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Tomb MMA 101
Locus: in front of chamber 3 west
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1926–27
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1927
Accession year: 1927