Cylindrical Scribe's Box
Object type: Scribe's box, cylindrical
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Wood, string
Dimensions: h. 13 cm (5 1/8 in); diam. 4 cm (1 9/16 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: north of Senenmut Quarry house
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1926–27
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1927
Accession year: 1927