Scribe’s Palette and Pens

Wood and Reeds, H. 3.5 cm; W. 1.8 cm; L. 12.6 cm. Elephantine Island, 525–343 BCE. Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles. Brooklyn Museum: 16.99a–d.