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Ostracon

Period:
New Kingdom, Ramesside
Dynasty:
Dynasty 19–20
Date:
ca. 1295–1070 B.C.
Geography:
From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, East of Pabasa, Radim, MMA excavations, 1918–19
Medium:
Limestone, ink
Dimensions:
7.5 x 14.5 x 3.8 cm (2 15/16 x 5 11/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1919
Accession Number:
19.3.19
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 124
Museum excavations, 1918–19. Acquired by the Museum in the division of finds, 1919.

Hayes, William C. 1959. Scepter of Egypt II: A Background for the Study of the Egyptian Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Hyksos Period and the New Kingdom (1675-1080 B.C.). Cambridge, Mass.: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 175.

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Egypt, 2000-1000 B.C.

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