adze
- Museum number
- EA6061
- Description
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Adze in the form of a bronze blade inscribed with the prenomen and epithet of Thutmose III in incised Hieroglyphs and a splayed cutting-edge tied to the wooden haft with a leather thong covered with linen.
- Dimensions
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Length: 24.80 centimetres
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Thickness: 2.97 centimetres
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Width: 12 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Inscription subject
royal
- Curator's comments
- PM I Part 2: p.554
PM II (2): p.381
- Location
- On display (G62/dc21)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1989 Jan-Mar, South Florida Science Museum, Imhotep's Egypt: Discovering Ancient Egyptian Technology
1989 Apr-Jun, Miami, Museum of Science, Imhotep's Egypt: Discovering Ancient Egyptian Technology
1989 Jul-Aug, Jacksonville Museum of Science History, Imhotep's Egypt: Discovering Ancient Egyptian Technology
- Condition
- good
- Acquisition date
- 1835
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA6061
- Registration number
- .6061
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: BS.6061 (Birch Slip Number)
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Miscellaneous number: S.407
