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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 VersoNew Kingdom, 18th - 20th Dynasty (1504 - 1081 BCE)

Not on view
Broken plaster or lime-coated stone fragment with faint right-to-left ancient Semitic script inscribed across the center in charcoal-gray pigment
Irregular flint or chert flake with off-white to cream-colored surface, roughly trapezoidal in shape with uneven chipped edges, displayed against a gray background.
Irregularly shaped plaster or lime-coated wall fragment with painted figural remains in dark greenish-black pigment, depicting a partial human face and upper body on a pale, weathered surface.
Title
Ostracon in Three Fragments with Practice Inscriptions of a Hieratic Bird Sign on the Recto and a Hieratic Wisdom Text on the Verso
Place Made
Egypt
Date Made
New Kingdom, 18th - 20th Dynasty (1504 - 1081 BCE)
Medium
Limestone
Dimensions
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)
Credit Line
Gift of Carl W. Thomas
Accession Number
M.80.203.209a-c
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Collecting Area
Egyptian Art