Title: Fragment of a Scribe's Writing Board
Object type: Writing Board fragments, scribe's
Date: ca. 2030–1981 B.C.
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 11
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.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1926
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri Tomb MMA 515  MMA excavations, 1921–22 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY