Scribe's palette

Museum number:
6-15174
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
10001-1 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
Wooden writing outfit, a slab 5 x 38 cm with hieroglyphics; cartouche at end, depressions for red and black ink, groove for reeds.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb 10001 (1001), Cemetery 9000, Naga-ed-Der
Verbatim coll. place:
Cemetery 9000; Tomb 1001 Cemetery 9000
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1901-1903?
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Scribe's palettes
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Loans:
S1975-1976 #1: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum (July 8, 1975–November 11, 1975), S1981-1982 #14: Boston Museum of Fine Arts (December 14, 1981–January 11, 1983), and S1982-1983 #26: Forest Products Laboratory/Nelly C. Rem (January 29, 1983–July 15, 1983)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Scribe's palette, accession number 6-15174, described as Wooden writing outfit, a slab 5 x 38 cm with hieroglyphics; cartouche at end, depressions for red and black ink, groove for reeds.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scribe's palette, accession number 6-15174, described as Wooden writing outfit, a slab 5 x 38 cm with hieroglyphics; cartouche at end, depressions for red and black ink, groove for reeds.

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