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Carpenter's chest of Ankhef

Middle Kingdom
ca. 1981–1802 B.C.
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Carpenter's chest of Ankhef
  • Period: Middle Kingdom
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 12
  • Date: ca. 1981–1802 B.C.
  • Geography: From Egypt, Middle Egypt, Asyut (Lykopolis), Tomb of Ankhef (Tomb 9), Khashaba excavations
  • Medium: Wood, paint, stucco
  • Dimensions: l. 18.3 cm (7 3/16 in); w. 12.8 cm (5 1/16 in); th. 11 cm (4 5/16 in)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.9.31
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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