Fragment of a Scribe's Writing Board
Object type: Writing Board fragments, scribe's
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 11
Date: ca. 2030–1981 B.C.
Medium: Sycomore wood, gesso
Dimensions: L. 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.); W. 3 cm (1 3/16 in.); Th. 0.9 cm (3/8 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