Title: Ax head inscribed for Khumeh with two baboons and a papyrus column
Object type: Ax head with 2 cynocephali apes and papyrus column
Date: ca. 1981–1550 B.C.
Period: Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12–18
Medium: Bronze or copper alloy
Dimensions: H. 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in); W. 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in)
Credit line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Sheikh Abd el-Qurna    
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Animals, term: Hieroglyphs