Wooden Writing Tablets

Date

500–700

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)

Form

Table

Origin

Byzantine Egypt

Culture

Coptic

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

14.2.4a–d

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1914