Chisel or adze


Accession Number
W119
Current Location
In storage
Object Type
Implements and utensils, Carpenters and sculptors tools, Adze | Implements and utensils, Carpenters and sculptors tools, Chisel
Periods
Predynastic Period to Early Dynastic Period
Material
Metals/alloys (Copper alloy)
Provenance
Egypt, Thebes/Luxor, Deir el-Medina
Measurements
Length: 208mm | Width: 35mm
Number of Elements
1

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Description

Copper alloy chisel, adze, or axe dating between the Predynastic to Early Dynastic Period. Writing in red on one side perhaps reading "El-Medenia". Purchased in 1906 from the collection of Robert de Rustafjaell.

Other Identity
786 (rectangular serrated label) | 635 (rectangular label with blue frame)
Auction
Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge: 19–21 Dec 1906, Lot 294
Previous Owners
Robert de Rustafjaell (1859–1943) | Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
Acquisition
Long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
Last modified: 11 Jan 2021
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