Palette inscribed for Smendes, High Priest of Amun, ca. 1045–992
Palette inscribed for Smendes, High Priest of Amun, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, ca. 1045–992 , From Egypt; Probably from Upper Egypt, Thebes, Wood, ink, reed, Palette: L. cm (19 1/8 in.); W. cm (2 13/16 in.); Th. cm (7/16 in.); Pens: L. –18 cm (6 1/2 in–7 1/16 in.), Egyptian scribes perfected their skill in the art of writing as apprentices. They would copy hieroglyphs and phrases on chips of stone and fragments of pottery (ostraca), or on whitewashed writing boards
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