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Scribe's polisher
Egyptian
Medium/Technique
Stone
Dimensions
Other: 1.9 x 10.5 cm (3/4 x 4 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.782
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Writing
DescriptionStone; black; highly polished; one side convex, other flat; one end broken.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.