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Writing Exercise Tablet Roman PeriodUpper Egypt

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 37.1908E. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 37.1908E
Find spot: Upper Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Roman Period
Date: 4th century C.E.
Date range: 300 CE – 399 CE
Materials: ['Wood', 'wax']
Height: 17.2 cm
Width: 13.1 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Writing Exercise Tablet (37.1908E). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/17527

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Caption: Writing Exercise Tablet, 4th century C.E.. Wood, wax, 6 3/4 x 5 3/16 x 1/4 in. (17.2 x 13.1 x 0.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1908E.

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Found at Upper Egypt

Materials Wood

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BKM-Accession 37.1908E tier-2
BKM-Object 118413 tier-2

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