Scribe's Board
Description
Caption: Scribe's Board, ca. 1514–1493 B.C.E.. Wood, ink, 14 1/16 x 9 x 3/8 in. (35.7 x 22.8 x 0.9 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, 16.120.
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 fragmentary limestone artifact with visible hieratic inscriptions.
The artifact is a fragmentary piece of limestone featuring multiple lines of hieratic script. The composition consists of several columns of cursive writing, typically used for religious or administrative texts. The surface shows signs of wear and damage, with some inscriptions faded and sections missing.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.120 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9399 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.