Embalmer's Tool
Object type: Tool, embalmer
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Second Intermediate Period–Early New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 17–18
Date: ca. 1580–1479 B.C.
Medium: Wood
Dimensions: L. 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Southern Asasif, unfinished temple area
Locale: MMA Pit 1017
Locus: embalming cache
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–22
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession year: 1922