Title: Scribe's paint dish
Object type: Scribe's paint dish
Date: ca. 1981–1640 B.C.
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12–13
Medium: Basalt
Dimensions: l. 11.2 xm (4 7/16 in)
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North Cemetery  MMA excavations, 1920–22 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY