Object: Sculptor's Chisel
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,D. Sams Esq., Late of Luxor, Egypt,Sotheby's, 23.v.21, Lot 45
Site: Egypt,Thebes
Discovery context: auction
Country: Egypt
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 41
Width (mm): 5.5, 6.4 (widest)
Thickness (mm): 1.75 + slt. over 2 at the edge
Weight (g): 3.1
Surface: Very slightly encrusted with emeralg green colour - one side is a reddish brown as if subjected to fire.
Associations: 15 chisels and 3 scrapers found wrapped together in a tomb at Thebes.