Title: Model of a Scribe’s Palette and Tablet
Object type: Palette and tablet, scribe
Date: ca. 2051–1981 B.C.
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Late Dynasty 11
Medium: Wood, paint
Dimensions: H. 5.5 × W. 6 cm (2 3/16 × 2 3/8 in.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1925
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri Temple of Mentuhotep II North Triangular Court, Pit 26 MMA excavations, 1922–23 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY