adze

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Object Type: adze
Museum number: EA26279
Description: Adze: bronze blade bound to wooden handle with leather thong; incised cartouche of Hatshepsut.
Cultures/periods: 18th Dynasty
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: Egypt Exploration Fund
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Temple of Hatshepsut
Materials: wood; bronze; leather
Technique: bound; incised
Dimensions: Length: 34.30 centimetres
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Inscription subject: royal
Bibliographic references: Taylor 2010 / Journey through the afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead (no. 40)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2010 4th Nov-2011 6th March, Round Reading Room BM, Book of the Dead 2012 July -September, Tokyo, Mori museum, The Book of the Dead: Journey Through the Afterlife 2012, October - November, Fukuoka Museum of Art, The Book of the Dead 2013, May - September, Perth, Western Australian Museum, The Book of the Dead
Condition: good
Associated names: Named in inscription: Hatshepsut
Acquisition name: Donated by: Egypt Exploration Fund
Acquisition date: 1896
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA26279
Registration number: 1896,0210.8
Conservation: Treatment: 24 Jun 2010

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