Title: Mesekhtyu Instrument from a Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Temple
Object type: Adze, meskhetyu, Hatshepsut
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Period: New Kingdom
Medium: Wood
Dimensions: l. 21.7 cm (8 9/16 in); h. 4.6 cm (1 13/16 in)
Credit line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1896
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri Temple of Hatshepsut Foundation Deposit 1 (A) Egypt Exploration Fund excavations, 1894–95 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY