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Ancient Rome
Giovanni Paolo Panini
1757

Writing board
ca. 2030–1981 B.C.

Panels of a writing board
Assyrian
ca. 721–705 BCE

Writing Box (Suzuribako) with “Dream in Naniwa” Design
Japan
18th century

Bronze stylus
Cypriot
4th–1st century BCE

Fragement from a jar with a label identifying contents as honey
ca. 1390–1352 B.C.

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

Amethyst oval
Greek or Roman
1st century BCE–1st century CE

Model of a Granary with Scribes
ca. 1981–1975 B.C.

A Girl Writing a Letter
Suzuki Harunobu
18th century

The Adoration of the Magi
Joos van Wassenhove
1472–74

Plate with the god Chahk
Maya artist(s)
600-800 CE

Box for writing implements with design of ancient coins
Japan
18th century

Seal With Writing

Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)

ca. 3rd century

Artist's Sketches of Senenmut, Sketch of Small Rodent on Opposite Side
ca. 1479–1458 B.C.

Leaf of a Writing Tablet
French
14th century

Calligraphy after ancient masters
Dong Qichang
ca. 1595 and 1600

Banded agate ring stone
Italic
3rd–2nd century BCE

Modern Rome
Giovanni Paolo Panini
1757

Jewish Woman of Algiers
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier
1862

Whistling vessel
Maya artist(s)
400–500 CE

The Triumph of Fame
Netherlandish, probably Brussels
ca. 1502–4

Relief panel
Assyrian
ca. 883–859 BCE

Table
Italian, Rome
ca. 1775–80

Cuneiform tablet: balanced account of Dugga
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2039 BCE

Relief panel
Assyrian
ca. 883–859 BCE

Triangular label impressed with stamp seal: for grain loan
Assyrian
ca. 7th century BCE

Sugar bowl (pot à sucre ovoïde)
Sèvres Manufactory
1836

Relief panel
Assyrian
ca. 883–859 BCE

Scarab with monkeys climbing a palm tree (New Year's wish)
ca. 1295–1070 B.C.

Cuneiform tablet: record of the account of Bamu
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2048 BCE

Stylus or weaving tool
Assyrian
ca. 9th–7th century BCE

Cuneiform tablet: receipt of cattle
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2041 BCE

Cuneiform tablet case impressed with cylinder seal, for cuneiform tablet 11.217.7a: record of the account of Bamu
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2048 BCE

Cuneiform tablet: receipt of oxen for rituals
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2050 BCE

House model
Nayarit artist(s)
200 BCE–300 CE

Incised furniture plaque with two ibexes flanking a stylized palmette tree
Assyrian
ca. 9th–8th century BCE

Writing Box (Suzuribako) with “The Lady of the Bridge” Design
Japan
18th century

Writing Box (Suzuribako) with the Poet Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Japan
18th century

Cuneiform tablet: administrative account with entries concerning malt and barley groats
Sumerian
ca. 3100–2900 BCE