Title

Writing Tablet

Creator

Preview

Creation Date

6th–7th centuries

Geography

Egypt

Culture

Coptic, Byzantine

Medium

Wood

Dimensions

6 5/16 x 5 1/16 x 9/16 in. (15.9 x 13 x 1.4 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of David P. Harris ('46), 2020

Accession Number

2020.188

Provenance

Purchased by David P. Harris from Julia Schottlander (Tetragon) in London on June 13, 1992. Said to be from a ca. 1880s collection.

References

Brad Hostetler, with Ani Parnagian, "From Private to Public: The Collection of David P. Harris," in Ethiopian Objects in the Blick-Harris Study Collection: Art, Context, and the Persistence of Form, eds. Brad Hostetler, and Lynn Jones, Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art & Architecture 8, no. 1 (Spring 2022): 5–25. https://digital.kenyon.edu/perejournal/vol8/iss1/1/