Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · papyrus
Writing Exercise Tablet
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 13.2 x 0.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.473E.
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 writing tablet with grid-lined inscriptions, possibly for educational purposes.
The artifact appears to be a wooden tablet with a smooth writing surface that has been inscribed with guidelines and possibly Greek or Coptic characters. The style is utilitarian, possibly used in an educational setting. The tablet is rectangular with rounded edges and features holes for binding or hanging.
educational
Coptic
good
Materials
wood
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.473E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117122 tier-2
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