Amenemhat's Razor-Knife
Object type: Razor-knife, dega, Amenemhat
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Reign: reign of Thutmose I–early sole Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1504–1447 B.C.
Medium: Bronze or copper alloy
Dimensions: L. 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.); W. 1.3 cm (1/2 in.); Greatest thickness 0.2 cm (1/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: Tomb of Neferkhawet (MMA 729), east chamber
Locus: Burial of Amenemhat (V), inside coffin, by head
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1934–35
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1935
Accession year: 1935