Fragments from a Scribe's Writing Board
Object type: Writing Board fragment, scribe's
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 11
Date: ca. 2130–1981 B.C.
Medium: Sycomore wood, gesso
Dimensions: A: L. 14 cm (5 1/2 in.);  W. 6 cm (2 3/8 in.); Th. 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
B: L. 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.); W. 4 cm (1 9/16 in.); Th. 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Tomb MMA 515
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1921–22
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1926
Accession year: 1926