Pair of sandals from the Burial of Amenhotep
Object type: Sandals, leather, Amenhotep
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Cow hide, calf skin, stained red
Dimensions: L. 19.8 cm (7 13/16 in.); Greatest w. 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.), th. of soles 0.2 cm (1/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Locale: below the Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71)
Locus: burial of Amenhotep, inside coffin near foot
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1935–36
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1936
Accession year: 1936