Scribe's Palette with Four Reeds
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
MEDIUM
Wood, reed, ink
DATES
ca. 1539-1075 B.C.E.
PERIOD
New Kingdom
DIMENSIONS
3/8 x 1 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. (0.9 x 3.8 x 28.5 cm)
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
ACCESSION NUMBER
37.450E
CREDIT LINE
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Wooden scribe's palette with four reed pens in the pen-holder. Six lines of hieratic on front; several on back.
On front: In Hieraticscribbled notes including dimensions and quantities of grain.
On back:
2 spans in width?
260 a granary
200 hakat (grain measure)
Dimensions are such that it may have been a ruler as well.
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