Title: Inscribed Adze From Foundation Deposit 2 of Hatshepsut's Valley Temple
Object type: Adze
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Medium: Wood, bronze or copper alloy, leather
Dimensions: l. 27 cm (10 5/8 in)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1916
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif Hatshepsut Valley Temple Foundation Deposit 5AFD2 MMA excavations, 1915–16 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY