Tablet

Museum number:
6-21416
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21060021416
Alternate number:
836 (field number)
Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
Wooden tablet inscribed with moral sentence, third century. Late Roman tomb. TRANSLATION: “Good handwriting begins with well-formed letters and a straight line. Imitate me.”
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Cemetery 8, Tebtunis, Faiyum region
Collector:
Arthur S. Hunt and Bernard P. Grenfell
Collection date:
1899-1900
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Tablets (information artifacts)
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Dimensions:
length 29 centimeters, width 15 centimeters, and depth 0.5 centimeters
Loans:
S2018-2019 #8: Bancroft Library (UC Berkeley) (September 17, 2019–January 19, 2021)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 10 titled Tablet, accession number 6-21416, described as Wooden tablet inscribed with moral sentence, third century. Late Roman tomb. TRANSLATION: “Good handwriting begins with well-formed letters and a straight line. Imitate me.”Hearst Museum object 2 of 10 titled Tablet, accession number 6-21416, described as Wooden tablet inscribed with moral sentence, third century. Late Roman tomb. TRANSLATION: “Good handwriting begins with well-formed letters and a straight line. Imitate me.”Hearst Museum object 3 of 10 titled Tablet, accession number 6-21416, described as Wooden tablet inscribed with moral sentence, third century. Late Roman tomb. TRANSLATION: “Good handwriting begins with well-formed letters and a straight line. Imitate me.”Hearst Museum object 4 of 10 titled Tablet, accession number 6-21416, described as Wooden tablet inscribed with moral sentence, third century. Late Roman tomb. TRANSLATION: “Good handwriting begins with well-formed letters and a straight line. Imitate me.”Hearst Museum object 5 of 10 titled Tablet, accession number 6-21416, described as Wooden tablet inscribed with moral sentence, third century. Late Roman tomb. TRANSLATION: “Good handwriting begins with well-formed letters and a straight line. Imitate me.”Hearst Museum object 6 of 10 titled Tablet, accession number 6-21416, described as Wooden tablet inscribed with moral sentence, third century. Late Roman tomb. TRANSLATION: “Good handwriting begins with well-formed letters and a straight line. Imitate me.”Hearst Museum object 7 of 10 titled Tablet, accession number 6-21416, described as Wooden tablet inscribed with moral sentence, third century. Late Roman tomb. TRANSLATION: “Good handwriting begins with well-formed letters and a straight line. Imitate me.”Hearst Museum object 8 of 10 titled Tablet, accession number 6-21416, described as Wooden tablet inscribed with moral sentence, third century. Late Roman tomb. TRANSLATION: “Good handwriting begins with well-formed letters and a straight line. Imitate me.”Hearst Museum object 9 of 10 titled Tablet, accession number 6-21416, described as Wooden tablet inscribed with moral sentence, third century. Late Roman tomb. TRANSLATION: “Good handwriting begins with well-formed letters and a straight line. Imitate me.”Hearst Museum object 10 of 10 titled Tablet, accession number 6-21416, described as Wooden tablet inscribed with moral sentence, third century. Late Roman tomb. TRANSLATION: “Good handwriting begins with well-formed letters and a straight line. Imitate me.”
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tablet, accession number 6-21416, described as Wooden tablet inscribed with moral sentence, third century. Late Roman tomb. TRANSLATION: “Good handwriting begins with well-formed letters and a straight line. Imitate me.”Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tablet, accession number 6-21416, described as Wooden tablet inscribed with moral sentence, third century. Late Roman tomb. TRANSLATION: “Good handwriting begins with well-formed letters and a straight line. Imitate me.”

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