Title: Surveyor's Stake from a Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Temple
Object type: Stake, surveyor, Hatshepsut
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Medium: Wood
Dimensions: L. 41.3 cm (16 1/4 in.); Diam. 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri Temple of Hatshepsut Foundation Deposit 2b (B) MMA excavations, 1921–22 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY