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Writing board, Wood, gesso, paint
Writing board
ca. 1981–1802 B.C.
Dagger (<i>Piha Kaetta</i>) with Stylus and Sheath, Steel, horn, wood, brass, Sri Lankan
Dagger (Piha Kaetta) with Stylus and Sheath
Sri Lankan
17th century
Writing table (bureau plat), Gilles Joubert French, Lacquered oak, gilt-bronze mounts, lined with modern leather, French, Paris
Writing table (bureau plat)
Gilles Joubert
1759
Implement, Copper alloy
Implement
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
Implement, Copper alloy
Implement
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
Implement, Iron
Implement
306–30 B.C.
Implement, Copper alloy
Implement
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
Implement, Copper alloy
Implement
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
Implement, Copper alloy
Implement
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
Writing board, Sycomore wood, ebony, gesso, paint
Writing board
ca. 2030–1981 B.C.
Bone implement, Bone, Roman
Bone implement
Roman
2nd–3rd century CE
Unknown Implement, Limestone
Unknown Implement
ca. 1295–1070 B.C.
Writing Board, Wood, ink
Writing Board
570–525 B.C.
Writing table, Roger Vandercruse, called Lacroix French, Oak, veneered with rosewood, endcut kingwood, banding of holly, gilt-bronze, French, Paris
Writing table
Roger Vandercruse, called Lacroix
ca. 1760–70
Writing board of an apprentice scribe, Wood, whitewash, ink
Writing board of an apprentice scribe
ca. 2030 B.C.
Panels of a writing board, Ivory, Assyrian
Panels of a writing board
Assyrian
ca. 721–705 BCE
Tweezer-Razor Implement, Bronze or copper alloy
Tweezer-Razor Implement
ca. 1550–1295 B.C.
Writing board stela of Ita, usurped by Hetepi, Sycomore, plaster, paint
Writing board stela of Ita, usurped by Hetepi
ca. 2030–1981 B.C.
Writing Box, Wood; veneered with ebony, inlaid with ivory and bone (partially stained), brass (sadeli technique)
Writing Box
late 16th–early 17th century
Writing table (table à écrire), Bernard II van Risenburgh, Oak veneered with tulipwood, kingwood, amaranth, mahogany, ebony, mother-of-pearl, stained horn; gilt-bronze mounts; modern velvet, French, Paris
Writing table (table à écrire)
Bernard II van Risenburgh
ca. 1755
Model Meskhetyu Implement from the Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Tomb, Wood
Model Meskhetyu Implement from the Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Tomb
ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Writing Table, Mahogany, sweet gum, yellow pine, Atlantic white cedar, yellow poplar; brass, American
Writing Table
American
1760–85
Implement
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
Writing board stela of Mentuhotep, Wood, paint
Writing board stela of Mentuhotep
ca. 2030–1652 B.C.
Writing table (part of a set), Joseph Baumhauer French, Oak, veneered with tulipwood, purplewood, casuarina wood, and kingwood; gilt-bronze mounts, gilt-tooled leather, French
Writing table (part of a set)
Joseph Baumhauer
ca. 1770
Fragments from a Scribe's Writing Board, Sycomore wood, gesso
Fragments from a Scribe's Writing Board
ca. 2130–1981 B.C.
Implement, Copper alloy, Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex
Implement
Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex
ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCE
Implement, Copper alloy, Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex
Implement
Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex
ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCE
Implement, Copper alloy, Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex
Implement
Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex
ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCE
Implement, Copper alloy, Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex
Implement
Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex
ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCE
Implement, Bone
Implement
ca. 3850–2960 B.C.
Implement, Iron, brass; incised
Implement
19th century
Implement, Bronze-gilt, Frankish
Implement
Frankish
500–700
Implement?, Copper alloy
Implement?
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
Writing table, Joseph Baumhauer French, Oak veneered with tulipwood, oak drawers; leather; gilt-bronze mounts.
Writing table
Joseph Baumhauer
ca. 1760–65
Wooden Writing Tablets, Wood and wax, Coptic
Wooden Writing Tablets
Coptic
500–700
Cylindrical Pendant with Magical Writing, Jet
Cylindrical Pendant with Magical Writing
9th–10th century
Small oval writing table (one of a pair), Roger Vandercruse, called Lacroix French, Oak veneered with satiné wood, tulipwood; leather; gilt bronze, French, Paris
Small oval writing table (one of a pair)
Roger Vandercruse, called Lacroix
ca. 1775
Writing and eating table, Martin Carlin French, Oak veneered with tulipwood, gilt bronze, soft-paste porcelain, marble, French, Paris and Sèvres
Writing and eating table
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1780
Proto-Cuneiform tablet with seal impressions: administrative account of barley distribution with cylinder seal impression of a male figure, hunting dogs, and boars, Clay, Sumerian
Proto-Cuneiform tablet with seal impressions: administrative account of barley distribution with cylinder seal impression of a male figure, hunting dogs, and boars
Sumerian
ca. 3100–2900 BCE
Manicure implement, Brookes & Crookes, Silver, British, London
Manicure implement
Brookes & Crookes
late 19th century
Spinning Implement, Blown pattern-molded glass
Spinning Implement
1800–1900