Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Writing board of an apprentice scribe
Description
Wood, whitewash, ink
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 tall limestone stela with engraved hieroglyphs.
The artifact is a vertically oriented limestone stela featuring multiple rows of incised hieroglyphs. The composition is orderly, with text flowing in horizontal registers from top to bottom. The craftsmanship suggests precise engravings, typical of official or ceremonial inscriptions. Notable features include a clear depiction of various hieroglyphic signs and a structured arrangement, indicating its significance in communication or documentation.
hieroglyphic only
unknown
good
Materials
limestone
Signs
Ankh
Djed
Was
Connections
Materials
Limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245403 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 28.9.5 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545112 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.