Ostracon in Three Fragments with Practice Inscriptions of a Hieratic Bird Sign on the Recto and a Hieratic Wisdom Text on the Verso

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Ostracon in Three Fragments with Practice Inscriptions of a Hieratic Bird Sign on the Recto and a Hieratic Wisdom Text on the Verso

Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th - 20th Dynasty (1504 - 1081 BCE)
Tools and Equipment; ostraka
Limestone
a) 7 1/2 x 11 1/16 in. (19 x 28 cm); b) 4 1/4 x 7 5/16 in. (10.8 x 18.5 cm); c) 5 1/2 x 6 11/16 in. (14 x 17 cm)
Gift of Carl W. Thomas (M.80.203.209a-c)
Not currently on public view