Parts of Tablet, 4th century C.E. Wood, wax , 7 3/16 x 4 1/4 x 5/16 in. (18.3 x 10.8 x 0.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1912Ea-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1912Ea-b_NegID_L_387_31_print_bw.jpg)
Parts of Tablet, 4th century C.E. Wood, wax , 7 3/16 x 4 1/4 x 5/16 in. (18.3 x 10.8 x 0.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1912Ea-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1912Ea_view1.jpg)
Parts of Tablet
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
MEDIUM
Wood, wax
DATES
4th century C.E.
PERIOD
Roman Period
DIMENSIONS
7 3/16 x 4 1/4 x 5/16 in. (18.3 x 10.8 x 0.8 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
37.1912Ea-b
CREDIT LINE
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Writing tablets, or pugillaris, belonging a schoolboy named Aurelius Apion. First of three wooden writing tablets. The writing tablet grouping is arranged in the following order: 37.1912E, 37.1911E, 37.1913E. The unwaxed surface of this tablet serves as the cover. The opposite waxed surface is the master's copy of verses in Greek consisting of six lines.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Parts of Tablet, 4th century C.E. Wood, wax
, 7 3/16 x 4 1/4 x 5/16 in. (18.3 x 10.8 x 0.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1912Ea-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1912Ea-b_NegID_L_387_31_print_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.37.1912Ea-b_NegID_L_387_31_print_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2013
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