Plunderers' Wedge

Plunderers' Wedge

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

One of two "plunderers' wedges" found in the pit of Tomb MMA 60, this long stick of tamarisk wood was sharpened at one end. The excavators suggested that this and its mate (25.3.179b) were used to pry up the lids of coffins.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.