Scribe's ball of thread
Object type: Scribe's thread, ball
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 11–12
Date: ca. 1961–1917 B.C.
Medium: Thread
Dimensions: Diam. 4 cm (1 9/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Tomb of Ipy (TT 315)
Locus: Tomb of Meseh (MMA 516B), burial chamber
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1922–23
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1925
Accession year: 1925