Scribe's Knife  from the Burial of Amenemhat
Object type: Knife, khepesh, 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. 18.3 cm (7 3/16 in.); W. 1.8 cm (11/16 in.); Greatest thickness of blade 0.2 cm (1/16 in.); Diam of hoof 0.8 cm (5/16 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