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Ostracon with Ramesside Hieratic ScriptNew Kingdom, 20th Dynasty (1200 - 1081 BCE)

Not on view
Ceramic ostracon — a broken, roughly square pottery shard — covered with multiple lines of ancient cursive script in dark ink on a salmon-pink clay surface

Unknown, Ostracon with Ramesside Hieratic Script, New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty (1200 - 1081 BCE), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Jerome F. Snyder, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Ostracon with Ramesside Hieratic Script
Place Made
Egypt
Date Made
New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty (1200 - 1081 BCE)
Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (8.2 x 8.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jerome F. Snyder
Accession Number
M.80.202.180
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Collecting Area
Egyptian Art