Staff of  Amenhotep
Object type: Staff, forked, 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: Wood
Dimensions: L. 77 cm (30 5/16 in.); Diam. at butt 1.25 cm (1/2 in.); Diam. at forked end 0.75 cm (5/16 in.); W. at fork 3.6 cm (1 7/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Locale: below the Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71)
Locus: Burial of Amenhotep, on coffin lid
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1935–36
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1936
Accession year: 1936