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Figured Ostracon

Period: New Kingdom

Dynasty: Dynasty 18

Date: ca. 1550–1295 B.C.

Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, el-Asasif, Temple of Hatshepsut, Carter/Carnarvon

Medium: Pottery, ink, paint

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Ostracon with sketch of a crocodile

Period: Late Period, Saite

Dynasty: Dynasty 26

Reign: reign of Psamtik I

Date: 664–610 B.C.

Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Nespakashuty (TT 312, MMA 509a), courtyard rubbish, MMA 1922–1923

Medium: Limestone, ink

Dimensions: H. 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in); l. 21 cm (8 1/4 in)

 

 

 

 

Ostracon

Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside

Dynasty: Dynasty 19–20

Date: ca. 1295–1070 B.C.

Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Davis excavations, before 1913

Medium: Limestone, ink

Dimensions: l. 9 cm (3 9/16 in); w. 17 cm (6 11/16 in)

 

 

 

 

Hieratic Ostracon

Period: Late Period, Saite

Dynasty: Dynasty 26

Reign: reign of Psamtik I

Date: 664–610 B.C.

Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Nespakashuty (TT 312, MMA 509a), MMA 1922–1923

Medium: Limestone, ink

Dimensions: 13 x 11 cm

 

 

 

 

Ostracon inscribed in demotic

Period: Late Period–Ptolemaic

Dynasty: Dynasty 19–20 or later (?)

Date: ca. 600–30 B.C.

Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Medinet Habu

Medium: Pottery , ink

Dimensions: H. 9.5 × W. 15.8 cm (3 3/4 × 6 1/4 in.)

Credit Line: Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1914

Accession Number: 14.6.129

 

 

 

 

Source:   Metmuseum.org