<em>Scribe’s Palette and Reed Pens</em>, 525-343 B.C.E. Wood, pigment, palette: 1 3/8 x 11/16 x 4 15/16 in. (3.5 x 1.8 x 12.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.99a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.99a-d_PS9.jpg)

Scribe’s Palette and Reed Pens, 525-343 B.C.E. Wood, pigment, palette: 1 3/8 x 11/16 x 4 15/16 in. (3.5 x 1.8 x 12.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.99a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.99a-d_PS9.jpg)

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Scribe’s Palette and Reed Pens

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Wood, pigment

Reportedly From: Elephantine Island, Egypt

DATES 525-343 B.C.E.

DYNASTY Dynasty 27 to Dynasty 30

PERIOD Late Period

DIMENSIONS palette: 1 3/8 x 11/16 x 4 15/16 in. (3.5 x 1.8 x 12.6 cm) pens: 1/8 x 4 1/2 in. (0.3 x 11.5 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 16.99a-d

CREDIT LINE Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Small wooden scribe's palette inscribed in Aramaic, "Palette of Haya"(?). Two depressions for paint and two pens inside of case. Separate sliding cover. Condition: Paint depressions have considerable deposit. Edges slightly chipped.

EXHIBITIONS

Jewish Life in Ancient Egypt

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Scribe’s Palette and Reed Pens, 525-343 B.C.E. Wood, pigment, palette: 1 3/8 x 11/16 x 4 15/16 in. (3.5 x 1.8 x 12.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.99a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.99a-d_PS9.jpg)

IMAGE overall, 16.99a-d_PS9.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2014

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