Title: Scribe's Knife  from the Burial of Amenemhat
Object type: Knife, khepesh, Amenemhat
Date: ca. 1504–1447 B.C.
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Reign: reign of Thutmose I–early sole Thutmose III
Medium: Bronze or copper alloy
Dimensions: L. 18.3 cm (7 3/16 in.); W. 1.8 cm (11/16 in.); Greatest thickness of blade 0.2 cm (1/16 in.); Diam of hoof 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1935
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif Tomb of Neferkhawet (MMA 729), east chamber Burial of Amenemhat (V), inside coffin, by head MMA excavations, 1934–35 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY