Ancient Inkstand.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 August 1911, Page 4

Ancient Inkstand.

An inkstand that was probably in use three thousand four hundredodd years a.go is now exhibited in a_ Berlin .museum. It is of Egyptian make, and is supposed to belong to the eighteenth or nineteenth dyiKistry, or somewhere about 1500 8.C., though its real age can be judged only approximately. It is made of wood, and has two compartments, an upper one provided with two holes, one for black and one for red ink, and a lower one for holding reed pens. The black and the red 'ink are certainties; for some still remains, in a dry condition, within the receptacles. Another ancient inkstand is supposed to have been intended for the use of a schoolboy. It would certainly hold ink enough for a schoolboy's needs; for it has no fewer than four ink holes. Both inkstands were found at Thebes