Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Writing board
Description
Wood, gesso, paint
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 flat, rectangular artifact with visible inscriptions on its surface.
The artifact appears to be an ancient papyrus or wooden tablet with vertical lines of inscriptions. The writing is predominantly hieratic script, characterized by its cursive and flowing style. Some symbols are highlighted in red ink, suggesting emphasis or section divisions. The surface shows signs of wear, with some edges slightly frayed or damaged.
hieroglyphic only
New Kingdom
good
Materials
papyrus
Signs
word divider ×15
determinative ×12
Cross-references (4)
About this record's data
- 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.
- 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.