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Ostracon
Egyptian
Medium/Technique
Stone
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: .079 Length: .07 W.
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.671
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsOstraca
DescriptionLimestone; one face and part of other covered by inscription in either Coptic or Greek characters; roughly sketched in black; irregular surface.
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.