Model of a Scribe’s Palette and Tablet

Model of a Scribe’s Palette and Tablet

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wooden models (such as 20.3.11) can include figures of scribes. This model scribe’s palette and tablet might have belonged to such a figure.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Model of a Scribe’s Palette and TabletModel of a Scribe’s Palette and TabletModel of a Scribe’s Palette and TabletModel of a Scribe’s Palette and TabletModel of a Scribe’s Palette and Tablet

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.