Carpenter's Chisel from a Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Temple
Object type: Chisel, 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
Dimensions: L. 33.7 cm (13 1/4 in.); w. 3.6 cm (1 7/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Temple of Hatshepsut
Locus: Foundation Deposit 2b (B)
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1921–22
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession year: 1922