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Creator: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Egyptian Artca. 1550–1295 B.C.

Artwork Details

Title	Adze
Medium	Wood, bronze or copper alloy, leather
Dimensions	l. handle 28.7 cm (11 15/16 in); l. blade 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in); w. blade 4.7 cm (1 7/8 in)
Department	Egyptian Art
Date	ca. 1550–1295 B.C.
Credit Line	Rogers Fund, 1925
Object Page	View at The Met

Cultural Origin

Period	New Kingdom
Date Range	1550 BC – 1295 BC

Provenance

Region	Upper Egypt, Thebes
Country	Egypt

Other works from the New Kingdom period

ca. 1550–1295 B.C.Funerary Cone of the Chief Bowman Amenemopet

ca. 1390–1353 B.C.Umbel Pendant

ca. 1390–1352 B.C.Ceiling Fragment, Tomb of Amenemhat Surer

ca. 1390–1353 B.C.Vase

ca. 1479–1458 B.C.Knife (?)

ca. 1492–1473 B.C.Sheet, linen mark, fine spin, medium weave

ca. 1550–1295 B.C.126 beads from broad collars

ca. 1390–1353 B.C.Fragment of Vase

Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access · Object 568255