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Adze / tool / model

Description

Model adze with a copper blade set in a wooden handle, one of five model tools from the tomb of Sobekhotep: Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, Beni Hasan, Middle Kingdom, c.2055-1795 BC

Museum reference

A.1911.293 D

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Adze / tool / model

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

Middle Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian

Style / Culture

Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Copper alloy, Wood

Collection place(s)

Beni Hasan, Middle Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Owner?: Sobek-hotpe
Excavator: Garstang, John, Prof., 1876 - 1956
Hilton Price Collection
Collector: Hilton Price, Frederick George, 1842 - 1909

Exhibitions

  • Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
    National Museum of Scotland

  • Egyptian Gallery, 2003 - 2008 (2003 - 2008)
    Royal Scottish Museum

  • Ancient Egypt (29 Jul 2011)
    National Museum of Scotland

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