Heqanakht Letter I
Object type: Papyrus, letter, Heqanakht
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: reign of Senwosret I
Date: ca. 1961–1917 B.C.
Medium: Papyrus, ink
Dimensions: H. 28.4 cm (11 3/16 in.), W. 27.1 cm (10 11/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Tomb complex of Ipy (TT 315, MMA 516)
Locus: Tomb of Meseh (MMA 516B)
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1921–22
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession year: 1922
Tags: Correspondence|Hieratic