Writing Exercise Board
Description
Caption: Writing Exercise Board, 305 B.C.E.–395 C.E.. Wood, pigment, 11 5/16 x 6 1/4 x 3/8 in. (28.8 x 15.8 x 1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1725E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Two joined rectangular wooden panels with dark inscriptions/patterns, likely in ink/pigment, forming a writing practice surface.
The image shows an artifact consisting of two tall, narrow rectangular pieces joined down the center, presented upright against a light background. The surface is brown and worn, consistent with a wooden board or plank. Across both panels there are numerous dark marks arranged in lines that resemble writing or practice script; the left panel shows clearer stroke groupings while the right panel is lighter with more scattered marks. There are no clearly legible cartouches, royal names, or identifiable deity iconography visible. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is distinguishable. The inscriptions appear to be in a style consistent with hieroglyphic or cursive Egyptian practice, but the individual signs cannot be confidently identified from the photo. The object edges are intact but the writing is faded and abraded, suggesting moderate to poor preservation of the text.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1725E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118249 tier-2
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.