Surveyor's Stake from a Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Temple
Object type: Stake, surveyor, Hatshepsut
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
Dimensions: L. 41.3 cm (16 1/4 in.); Diam. 10.5 cm (4 1/8 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