Fragment of a scribal palette

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.

The image shows three separate rectangular fragments of a dark, stone-like or fired material object photographed against a light background, with no visible decoration or legible text.

Three long, narrow fragments are shown lying horizontally. Each fragment has a straight, rectangular profile and slightly uneven edges, suggesting breakage. The surfaces are dark gray to black with lighter scuffing and granular texture consistent with weathering or surface abrasion. No drilled holes, pigment cakes, carved recesses, painted dots, or hieroglyphic marks are clearly visible at this image resolution. The photograph is a straightforward documentation image with no readable Greek/Coptic/Arabic text. Because the catalogue identifies the object as a "Fragment of a scribal palette" (materials: wood, ink) and the visible material appears stone-like and lacks identifiable palette features in the photo, the visual evidence does not clearly confirm the catalogue description, though it also does not definitively contradict it given the limited view.