Model of a Scribe's Palette Inscribed for Amenhotep

Model of a Scribe's Palette Inscribed for Amenhotep

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This funerary model of a scribe's palette is inscribed for the royal scribe and chief steward in Memphis, Amenhotep, who lived during the reign of Amenhotep III.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Model of a Scribe's Palette Inscribed for AmenhotepModel of a Scribe's Palette Inscribed for AmenhotepModel of a Scribe's Palette Inscribed for AmenhotepModel of a Scribe's Palette Inscribed for AmenhotepModel of a Scribe's Palette Inscribed for Amenhotep

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.