Automata Surviving artifact

The Writer

1768–1774

Speculative use · Tartarian imagining

Imagine a Tartarian archive where a mechanical scribe preserves messages without a human hand.

An imagined use within Tartarian lore; its historic use is not established by this interpretation.

Where it survives

Musée d’art et d’histoire de Neuchâtel

Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Current collection custodian; pin marks the museum approximately, not the original findspot. Display and access may vary.

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Collection reference: AA 2

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