The king possessed many boards, palettes, and reeds for writing. Some were actually used and others were ceremonial.

A collection of printing letters were brought by the French expedition to Egypt in AD 1798. The letters were dropped from a printing press.

This is a collection of writing equipment that includes an inkwell, color stone, and a fine brush used for painting.

This collection of writing utensils, used for the preparation of paper and pens, includes a European-style pen case. It was probably left behind by someone from the French Expedition.

The ancient Egyptians were among the first people to know writing. Their success in making paper from papyrus meant that numerous items were needed to prepare the sheets of paper including these cutters.

When impressed on clay, cylindrical seals acted as marks of ownership. They were incised with figures of scorpions, men, crocodiles, or bees.

An inkwell, made of brass and decorated with silver, consists of two parts. The first part is a rectangle for holding pens. The second part is the inkstand, in the shape of an octagon. It is decorated with plant and calligraphy ornaments.

A unique container for extra writing reeds in the form of a palm column was included in a group of writing equipment found in the Treasury Room.

The marmalah, made of pottery in the shape of a cylinder, is decorated with flowers.

This unique model of a palette, or board, is made of schist and is decorated with pieces of colored glass in simple geometric designs.

Papyrus was used for writing religious, mythological, historical and epistolary documents.

This brass pen case of gold, silver, and copper inlay has an inscription bearing the name of Abu Al-Feda Ismael.

A pen case that was used to hold writing materials; the inside is divided by partitions to hold the ink, the sand, and the pens. The pen case consists of two parts, the inkpot and its cover. The pot is decorated with patterns of inlaid flowers.

The circular rock crystal inkwell decorated with a Kufic inscription dates to the period of the Fatimid Caliph Al-Hakim.

A typical scribe's palette that consists of a flat piece of wood with a slot to hold the reed pens, and two depressions to hold the inks, which were traditionally red and black.

The palette from Tutankhamun's collection has four reed pens in their long slot and two hollows for the ink. A hieroglyphic inscription of the king's titles decorates the top of the palette.

These three wooden pen cases have long cavities that were closed with thin wooden lids. One of the depressions was used to hold black ink, while the other held the red ink.

The palette is made from a simple piece of wood. One of the two round hollows in the wood still contains nuggets of red ink. Six reed pens are packed into a narrow slot of the palette.

This ivory palette bears both the birth name and the throne name of Tutankhamun.