Letter written in hieratic script on papyrus
Object type: Papyrus, letter, hieratic
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Papyrus, ink
Dimensions: L. 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in); w. 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Temple of Hatshepsut
Locus: In rubbish near foundation deposit 9
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1926–27
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1927
Accession year: 1927
Tags: Correspondence|Hieratic