BM-EgSu
British Museum — Department of Egypt and Sudan · other
model
Description
Bronze model axe-head: with original wooden haft and remains of leather binding. The blade was made of thin sheet metal. It has a straight butt, lightly incurved sides, and a moderately convex cutting edge. The butt is considerably wider than the cutting edge. The lugs are angular and the corners of the cutting edge rounded. The blade is lightly corroded in… View more about description
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· hieroglyphic
· on blade
English description
Translation: Good God, Menkheperra, beloved of Amun, on the occasion of stretching the cord for Amun of Djeser-akhet.
Note: Chased. For Djeser-akhet as the name for the entire complex of the temple of Tuthmosis III, including its causeway, see J. Lipinska, ‘Journal of Egyptian Archaeology’ 53 (1967), 25-31; J. Lipinska, 'Dier el-Bahari. II. The Temple of Tuthmosis Ill. Architecture' (Warsaw, 1977), 62-4.
Translations (1)
Good God, Menkheperra, beloved of Amun, on the occasion of stretching the cord for Amun of Djeser-akhet
Connections
Found at
Luxor West Bank (Thebes)
Cross-references (2)
- BM-Object Y_EA6058 tier-2
- BM-Registration .6058 tier-2
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