Mallet
Object type: Maul perhaps from destruction of tomb
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom or later
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: reign of Amenemhat I, early
Date: ca. 1981–1975 B.C. or later
Medium: Wood, quartzite, leather

Dimensions: Head: L. 20 cm (7 7/8 in.); Handle: L. 38 cm (14 15/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Southern Asasif
Locale: Tomb of Meketre (TT 280, MMA 1101)
Locus: Forecourt rubbish
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1920
Accession year: 1920
Tags: Hammers