Foundation deposit
model tool
17.5cm
bronze
Bronze model adze blade was broken into two parts. The inscription, incised on one side of the blade, informs: "Good God Maat-ka-Ra beloved of Osiris, Foremost of the Westerners in his temple in Abydos (nṯr.t nfr.t Mȝʿ.t-kȝ-Rʿ mrjj.t Wsjr ḫntj Jmn.tjw m ḥwt.f n.t ȝbḏw)".
Gift of Horace L. Mayer, 1964.
Museum object