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Trowel
Date
ca. 2124–1504 B.C.
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
L. 29 × W. 3 cm (29 cm, 1 3/16 in.)
Department
Egyptian Art
Gallery
109
Location
109
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1927

Description

Overview Trowel Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom ca. 2124–1504 B.C. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 109 The excavator interpreted this length of hard wood as a mason's trowel, probably used for laying bricks. It is lightly spatulate at one end and was found encrusted with mud and straw.