Letter with hieratic inscription
Object type: Papyrus, Letter, hieratic
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Date: ca. 1550–1295 B.C.
Medium: Papyrus, ink
Dimensions: A: L. 8 cm (3 1/8 in.); W. 4 cm (1 9/16 in.)
B: L. 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.); W. 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Temple of Hatshepsut
Locus: In rubbish near foundation deposit 9
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1926–27
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1927
Accession year: 1927
Tags: Hieratic|Correspondence