EditorialDepinto Picture and?Inscription, ca. 323 B.C.A.D.?256, Paint on plaster, 20.32 ? 28.58 cm (8 ? 11 1/4?in.), Yale-French Excavations at?Dura-Europos, Zabdo(i)us (written in Greek) presumably names the calm, mounted huntsman who aims his Parthian recurve...
EditorialScribal palette, Ptolemaic Period, Date 30630 B.C., From Egypt; Said to be from Fayum, Kom el-Girza, Wood, brush, ink, L. 33.2 cm (13 1/16 in).
EditorialBible, ca. 1250?75, Made in Paris, France, French, Tempera and gold on parchment; leather binding, Overall (closed): 10 1/2 x 7 1/8 x 3 1/2 in. (26.6 x 18.1 x 8.9 cm), Manuscripts and Illuminations, In the thirteenth century, Paris, with its renowned u...
EditorialFigure of a scribe, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 11, ca. 2051?2000 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Khety (TT 311,), From the foot of the causeway, 1926?27, Limestone, paint, H. 36 x W. 22 cm (14 3/16 x 8 11/16 in.), The princip...
EditorialImhotep, historical high courtier under Pharaoh Djoser (3rd dynasty) who after deification becomes the symbol of scribal and architectural wisdom. Ptolemaic period. Copper alloy, H: 13 cm Inv. E 4216.
EditorialBible, ca. 1250?75, Made in Paris, France, French, Tempera and gold on parchment; leather binding, Overall (closed): 10 1/2 x 7 1/8 x 3 1/2 in. (26.6 x 18.1 x 8.9 cm), Manuscripts and Illuminations, In the thirteenth century, Paris, with its renowned u...
EditorialFigure of a scribe, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 11, ca. 2051?2000 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Khety (TT 311,), From the foot of the causeway, 1926?27, Limestone, paint, H. 36 x W. 22 cm (14 3/16 x 8 11/16 in.), The princip...
EditorialThe Royal Scribe. Painted limestone sculpture; Saqqara, Egypt. Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty. This statue presents the ideal image of a perfect official. The position of scribe was one of the most honoured in ancient Egypt, therefore many tomb owners from t...
EditorialImhotep, historical high courtier under Pharaoh Djoser (3rd dynasty) who after deification becomes the symbol of scribal and architectural wisdom. Ptolemaic period. Copper alloy, H: 13 cm Inv. E 4216.