ostracon

MM 14005 :: Artist's sketch, Ostracon

Object description

Ostracon, once broken in half, repaired. Sketch on one side, in black. It shows a seated woman, facing right. She is sitting on a bed, its legs supported by Bes-like creatures,which stands on a baseline. The bed has four parallel lines of various ornamental patterns. The woman is wearing a semi-transparent, wide garment, a collar and a large wig with a headband tied in a bow. She is wearing an ointment cone, which is also decorated with a band, on her head. Her earrings are disc-shaped. On her lap is a child which the woman is breast feeding, the child is also wearing a collar. To the left is a mirror with a long handle and a vessel for cosmetics. In the upper right hand corner is a garland, very similar in design to a collar. From it (?) hangs heart-shaped leafs. Mounted with meta

 

Deir el Medina

19-20e dynastin (1315-1081 f Kr), Nya riket19-20e%20dynastin%20%281315-1081%20f%20Kr%29%2C%20Nya%20riket

Name of Person - Acquired from

Gayer-Anderson, Robert Grenville

Name of Person - Photographer

Kaneberg, Ove

Exhibition - Current

Egypten, 2014-

Exhibition, Part of - Current

New Egypt, 5, Village life

Exhibition, showcase - Current

Egypten 5.13

 

 

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