Carpenter's chest of Ankhef

Middle Kingdom

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 112

The whitewashed wooden box with sliding lid is inscribed with the epithet "honored by Anubis, Lord of Kereret, Ankhef," and with a list of the intended contents: 6 axes, 6 adzes, 6 chisels, and 6 other bladed implements, perhaps saws. The list and actual inventory of tools, however, do not agree; it appears that an adz and ax have been added and a chisel and the six saws omitted.

Carpenter's chest of Ankhef, Wood, paint, stucco

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Carpenter's chest of Ankhef, Wood, paint, stucco
Carpenter's chest of Ankhef, Wood, paint, stucco
Carpenter's chest of Ankhef, Wood, paint, stucco
Carpenter's chest of Ankhef, Wood, paint, stucco

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