In keeping with the monthly tradition of Egyptian museums nationwide, the artifact for the month of September has been decided. The public was invited to cast their votes via the museums' official Facebook pages.
This month’s selections beautifully coincide with International Literacy Day on September 8, highlighting the deep-rooted Egyptian appreciation for the art of writing through the ages.
Coptic Museum:
Displays an 'ostracon' made of limestone, capturing a Coptic alphabet school exercise, believed to be from the 6th to 8th centuries AD.
Sharm El-Sheikh Museum:
Highlights a dual-colored, rectangular wooden inkwell from Egypt's Late Period. It also features a sliding lid and a vintage writing quill.
National Museum of Alexandria:
Boasts two wooden statues: one representing the falcon god Horus and another symbolic of an owl, both reminiscent of the New Kingdom era.
Hurghada Museum:
Showcases wooden writing tools, excavated from Saqqara and dating back to the Old Kingdom. The artifacts include an inkwell, a pencil case, pens, and a finely pointed quill.
Cairo International Airport Museum (Terminal 3):
Exhibits a vibrantly colored limestone statue of the scribe Per-Senen from the Old Kingdom, portrayed in the quintessential scribe's posture, clutching a papyrus scroll.
Kafr El-Sheikh Museum:
Features a granite statue from the New Kingdom period, presenting a headless scribe, elegantly draped with a squared necklace, poised with papyrus and a writing tool.
Kom Oshim Museum:
Reveals a manuscript from the Mamluk age by Yaqut al-Musta'simi, encompassing eight verses of eloquent poetry by Abu Ismail Al-Hussein bin Ali bin Muhammad bin Abdul Samad Al-Isbahani, laden with insights.
Luxor Mummification Museum:
Parades a mummified depiction of the god Thoth as an Ibis bird, revered for knowledge, wisdom, and writing, ensconced in linen.
New Valley Museum:
Puts forth an Ottoman-era wooden tablet, inscribed with Quranic verses, rendered in a deep black hue.
Marsa Matrouh Museum:
Exhibits a lustrous black granite statue from the New Kingdom era, capturing the chief scribe Hor in the resplendent Osirian attire, equipped with writing instruments.
Sohag National Museum:
Offers a set of diminutive, varied bones, each adorned with hieroglyphic numbers. Known as ivory tags, they signify the genesis of ancient Egyptian writing during the Early Dynastic period.
Mallawi Museum:
Presents a Greco-Roman wooden tablet, etched with hieroglyphic verses honoring the deities Jehuti and Osiris.
National Police Museum:
Highlights a Mamluk-era brass inkwell, embellished with the classic Mamluk Thuluth script and bedecked with intricate botanical and geometric motifs.
Luxor Museum:
Unveils a sleek black granite statue of sage Imhotep son of Habu, illustrated as a scribe with a papyrus manuscript, accompanied by an ancient Egyptian script base.
Tel Basta Museum:
Introduces a faience effigy of the god Thoth, the emblem of wisdom in ancient Egypt, captured as an Ibis bird.
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