Clam-shell-shaped Hammer
Object type: Hammer, clam-shaped, Senenmut
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions: L. 8.4 × W. 5.3 × H. 3.2 cm (3 5/16 × 2 1/16 × 1 1/4 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Tomb of Senenmut (TT 353)
Locus: Foundation deposit 2
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1926–27
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1927
Accession year: 1927