<em>Scribe's Palette with Four Reeds</em>, ca. 1539–1075 B.C.E. Wood, reed, ink, 3/8 x 1 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. (0.9 x 3.8 x 28.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.450E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.450E_view1.jpg)

Scribe's Palette with Four Reeds

Medium: Wood, reed, ink

Geograhical Locations:

Dates:ca. 1539–1075 B.C.E.

Dimensions: 3/8 x 1 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. (0.9 x 3.8 x 28.5 cm)

Collections:

Accession Number: 37.450E

Image: CUR.37.450E_view1.jpg,

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 Hieratic scribbled 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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