Scribal palette with two styli
1295–1186 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt
Medium/TechniqueWood
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 40 x 6 x 1 cm (15 3/4 x 2 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Credit LineHay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession number72.4297
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTools and equipment
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.
(Accession Date: June 28, 1872)
(Accession Date: June 28, 1872)
2061–1640 B.C.
2500–2350 B.C.
1336–1295 B.C.
about A.D. 1970–1984
3rd century A.D.
3rd century A.D.
3rd century A.D.
about 100 B.C.–A.D. 300
1550–1070 B.C.
