Wooden Writing Tablets

500–700

Not on view

The recessed areas of these tablets were filled with wax and employed for writing and record keeping. A stylus, or pointed wooden pen, would have been used to write in the wax. Joined pairs of tablets such as these were made in many materials, including ivory.

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Title: Wooden Writing Tablets
Date: 500–700
Geography: Made in Byzantine Egypt
Culture: Coptic
Medium: Wood and wax
Dimensions: Overall (with mount): 10 1/2 x 11 7/8 x 5 1/2 in. (26.7 x 30.2 x 14 cm)
Overall (together): 9 5/16 x 5 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. (23.7 x 14.9 x 5.7 cm)
Overall (each leaf): 9 5/16 x 5 7/8 x 7/16 in. (23.7 x 14.9 x 1.1 cm)
Classification: Woodwork-Miscellany
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1914
Object Number: 14.2.4a–d
Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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