Magic knife fragments
Object type: Magic knife fragments (3)
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: mid to late dynasty 13
Date: ca. 1750–1640 B.C.
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: a): L. 9.4 × W. 4.2 × Th. 0.9 cm (3 11/16 × 1 5/8 × 3/8 in.); b): L. 3.5 × W. 5.4 × Th. 0.9 cm (1 3/8 × 2 1/8 × 3/8 in.); c): L. 5.2 × W. 4.6 × Th. 0.7 cm (2 1/16 × 1 13/16 × 1/4 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North
Locale: South of the Tomb of Senimeru (470) below House A2:1,south cemetery
Locus: Pit 466
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1913–14
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1915
Accession year: 1915