Carpenter's chest of Ankhef

Unknown

ca. 1981–1802 B.C. · Wood, paint, stucco · Egyptian Art

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.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1981–1802 B.C.

Medium

Wood, paint, stucco

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1917