Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · papyrus

Writing Exercise Tablet

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Description

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.

AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06

Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A wooden tablet with a painted surface.

The artifact is a rectangular wooden tablet with a worn painted surface, revealing traces of red hues. The edges are slightly raised with two drilled holes on the right side, suggesting it may have been part of a larger assembly or used in a binding. The paint wear indicates significant age.

unclear unknown fragmentary
Materials wood

Connections

Found at Upper Egypt
Materials Wood

Cross-references (2)

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