Scribal kniife of the Chief Steward Djehutyhotep
Object type: Scribe's knife, Djehutyhotep
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Bronze or copper alloy
Dimensions: L. 14 cm (5 1/2 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: area around Cook's Rest House
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1930s
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1948
Accession year: 1948
Tags: Hieroglyphs