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Hieratic ostracon

Egyptian
Late New Kingdom
1186–1070 B.C.

Medium/Technique Limestone
Dimensions Legacy dimension: .079 Length: .05 W.
Credit Line Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.666
OUT ON LOAN
On display at Houston Museum of Natural Science, TX, May 17, 2013 – March 31, 2027
ClassificationsOstraca

DescriptionTwo rows of late New Kingdom hieratic text are roughly sketched in black on the irregular surface of this limestone fragment.
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.