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Next article FreeFront CoverPDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmailQR Code SectionsMoreOn the cover: OIM E10780A–D, Egyptian scribal palette with reeds, period unknown (Old Kingdom–New Kingdom). A typical palette like this one contained two reservoirs for red and black inks and a hollow cavity for storing the writing implements. During most of the pharaonic period, scribes used the shaft of a rush plant with a frayed end to use as a brush, before adopting the sharpened reed-pen in the Greco-Roman era. Although this palette is uninscribed, other examples are decorated with the owner’s name and titles. The design may favor a New Kingdom dating. Wood, pigments, reed; purchased in Egypt, 1920; 1.2x4.8x36.8cm. See the study of reed-pen epigraphy in this issue by Lucía Díaz-Iglesias Llanos and Daniel M. Méndez-Rodríguez entitled “Epigraphical Study of the Burial Chamber Belonging to Nakhtmin (TT 87): Materiality and Scribal Hands.” Image courtesy of the Oriental Institute Museum of the University of Chicago; description courtesy of Foy Scalf. Next article DetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Journal of Near Eastern Studies Volume 82, Number 1April 2023 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/725406 © 2023 The Journal of Near Eastern Studies. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.
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