RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE EGYPTIAN COLLECTION BY WILLIAM C. HAYES Asociate Curator of Egyptian Art Blade of a small bronze knife of the type used by Egyptian scribes of the New Kingdom for trim-
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Blade of a small bronze knife of the type used by Egyptian scribes of the New Kingdom for trimming their brushes, cutting sheets of papyrus, and the like. It was once the property of the Chief Steward Thot-hotpe, who served Het-shepswet during her reign as "king" of Egypt (1497-1482 B.C.), and is inscribed with the title and name of this important official. The blade, minus its curved handle, was found by the Museum's Egyptian Expedition in a rubbish heap in front of Het-shepswet's temple at Deir el Bahri. The inscription and the decoration at the base of the blade are engraved in the surface of the bronze and inlaid with strips of thin sheet gold. Length 51/2 in. Rogers Fund, 1923
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