Title: Inscribed Clam-Shaped Hammer
Object type: Hammer, clam-shaped, 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. 6 × W. 4.8 cm (2 3/8 × 1 7/8 in.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1927
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri Tomb of Senenmut (TT 353) Foundation deposit 3 MMA excavations, 1926–27 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY