Scribe’s Palette and Reed Pens
Description
Caption: Scribe’s Palette and Reed Pens, ca. 525–343 B.C.E.. Wood (Sycomore Fig, Ficus sycomorus), reed, ink, Palette: 1 1/16 × 3/4 × 5 1/8 in. (2.7 × 1.9 × 13 cm) Pens: 1/8 × 4 1/2 in. (0.3 × 11.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.99a-d. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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.
An ancient Egyptian artifact featuring a tall rectangular shape with visible inscriptions.
The artifact is a rectangular slab with inscriptions likely intended for hierarchical or ceremonial purposes. The writing appears to be in vertical columns, typical of some Egyptian artifacts. There is a notable dark mark near the top that may have been intentional or due to age and wear. The overall appearance suggests an object used for recording or ceremonial display.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.99a-d tier-2
- BKM-Object 9356 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.