Title: Cylindrical Scribe's Box
Object type: Scribe's box, cylindrical
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Medium: Wood, string
Dimensions: H. 13 cm (5 1/8 in); Diam. 4 cm (1 9/16 in)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1927
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri north of Senenmut Quarry house  MMA excavations, 1926–27 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY