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Scribe's Palette and Brushes

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Description

Palette and brushes, scribe. Late Period, Dynasty 26–30, 664–332 B.C. Wood, ink, reed. Palette: L. 26 × W. 4.2 cm (10 1/4 × 1 5/8 in.); Brushes: L. 23.4 cm (9 3/16 in.). From: Tomb MMA 804 (M04), Forecourt rubbish, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1913–14. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1914.

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.

Photograph of a long, flat wooden scribe’s palette or case with a darker top fragment and several reed/wood writing implements laid alongside.

The image shows a light-brown, elongated, flat object resembling a scribe’s palette (or palette/brush holder) photographed on a neutral background. The object has an uneven/damaged dark section near one end and faint remnants of white residue and small surface marks along its length. Multiple slender reed-like sticks are arranged to the right of the palette, consistent with writing brushes/reeds described in the catalogue. No legible carved or painted hieroglyphs are visible, and no cartouches or royal names can be confirmed. No deities are depicted; the scene is purely object-focused (a material culture photograph).

decorative Late Period (as catalogued) poor
Materials woodreedink (residue; unclear)

Connections

Found at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Materials WoodInkReed

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116248056 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 14.1.393a–d tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544302 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.