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Carpenter's Chisel from a Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Temple New KingdomDeir el-Bahri
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Wood, Copper alloy. L. 21.7 cm (8 9/16 in.); W. 2.5 cm (1 in.). From: Temple of Hatshepsut, Foundation Deposit 2b (B), Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1921–22. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116276728 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.3.248 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547575 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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