Adze blade

Museum number:
6-19294
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21060019294
Alternate number:
pd (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
Bronze adze blade, modern type; length 20 cm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Room 210, North Columned Court, Northern Palace, Deir el-Ballas
Verbatim coll. place:
Der; Purchased
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1900-1901
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Adzes
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Dimensions:
length 209 millimeters, length 9 millimeters, and width 59 millimeters
Comment:
Purchased at Tukh. According to Victoria Jensen (2021-04-05), "Provenience should be Room 210 (North Columned Court), North Palace". "Sketched and described ("axe on layer of white sand 5 cm thick above brick floor") in Green's field notes (D-9, p. 55). [Note, this is better described as an adze than an axe]
Loans:
S1979-1980 #11: Department of Near Eastern Languages (UC Berkeley)/Kent Reed Weeks (September 10, 1979–September 12, 1979)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Adze blade, accession number 6-19294, described as Bronze adze blade, modern type; length 20 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Adze blade, accession number 6-19294, described as Bronze adze blade, modern type; length 20 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Adze blade, accession number 6-19294, described as Bronze adze blade, modern type; length 20 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze blade, accession number 6-19294, described as Bronze adze blade, modern type; length 20 cm.

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