Meketre papyrus
Object type: Papyrus, Meketre, letter
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: reign of Senwosret I
Date: ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Medium: Papyrus, ink
Dimensions: H. 26 cm (10 1/4 in.), W. 16 cm (6 5/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Southern Asasif
Locale: Tomb of Meketre (TT 280, MMA 1101)
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1919–20
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession year: 1922
Tags: Correspondence|Hieratic