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Collections

Scribe's Palette and PencaseModern

Not on view
Ancient wooden scribe's palette, disassembled, showing a long rectangular case with reed styluses, a compartment with faded painted markings and pigment wells, a detached lid, and a single pointed stylus

Unknown, Scribe's Palette and Pencase, Modern, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, William Randolph Hearst Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Scribe's Palette and Pencase
Place Made
Egypt
Date Made
Modern
Medium
Carved wood
Dimensions
Length: 11 in. (27.94 cm)
Credit Line
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Accession Number
50.4.17a-b
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Collecting Area
Egyptian Art