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Hieratic ostracon
Egyptian
New Kingdom
Medium/Technique
Limestone
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: .082 Length: .054 W.
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.659
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsOstraca
DescriptionA row of late New Kingdom hieratic text is sketched in black ink on this fragment of limestone.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.