Model Ax from the Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Tomb
Object type: Model ax
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Bronze or copper alloy, wood
Dimensions: L. 10.3 cm (4 1/16 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Valley of the Kings
Locale: Tomb of Hatshepsut (KV 20)
Locus: Foundation deposit
Excavation: Davis/Carter excavations, 1903–04
Credit line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
Accession year: 1930