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This broken pot was used as a practice drawing surface. The first sketched is the profile of a king, facing left, wearing the Blue Crown. Over this is the drawing of a seated cat, also facing left and raising its right paw.
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Title: Ostracon with the Drawing of a Cat
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Amenhotep III
Date: ca. 1390–1352 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, Temple of Amun, MMA excavations, 1916-1917
Medium: Pottery, charcoal
Dimensions: H. 16 cm (6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1917
Object Number: 17.10.17
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