Writing board
Object type: Writing board
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 11
Date: ca. 2030–1981 B.C.
Medium: Sycomore wood, ebony, gesso, paint
Dimensions: L. 54 cm (21 1/4 in.); W. 29 cm (11 7/16 in.); Th. 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Tomb MMA 512
Locus: Entrance to tomb
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1922–23
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Accession year: 1926