This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1906: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession Date: November 8, 1906)

Findspot: Western Cemetery, Mastaba G 2150

Dimensions/Weight: Height x width:19.5 x 9.5 cm (7 11/16 x 3 3/4 in.)

Classification: Woodworking & Stoneworking

Description: Compact granite hammer; "necking" so shallow as to be hardly a groove at all, hollow made by abrasion on one side, opposite side smoother, edge blunt.

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

Selected Published References:
Berger, Ernst, Brigitte Müller-Huber, and Lukas Thommen. Der Entwurf des Künstlers: Bildhauerkanon in der Antike und Neuzeit. 2 vols. Basel: Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig, 1992 [to be completed].

Remarks: Object not registered (no registration records for 1903-1904-1905-1906).