Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other

Writing board

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

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

Connections

Materials Papyrus

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q29385780 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 28.9.4 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544319 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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.