Title: Whetstone from a Foundation Deposit
Object type: Whetstone, tool, Senenmut
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions: l. 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1927
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri Tomb of Senenmut (TT 353) Foundation deposit 1 MMA excavations, 1926–27 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY