Writing in Graeco-Roman Egypt
 

Wooden Table
1st - 4th Century AD
Karanis, Egypt

Kelsey Museum
02.4802

This type of low table could have been used by a scribe, seated on the ground, to read and write documents. When at work, a scribe would generally carry with him some type of table, a container holding papyrus rolls, and a writing kit with ink and pens.


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