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Figured ostracon
Egyptian
New Kingdom, Dynasty 19–20
1295–1070 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Limestone
Dimensions
Height x width: 23 x 17 cm (9 1/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Miss Mary S. Ames
Accession Number11.1530
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsOstraca
DescriptionOstracon of fine-grained, white limestone; irregular fractured edges; figures drawn in black with traces of red (likely artist's guidelines) show a king facing facing right with part of a second figure of a solar deity facing left, largely missing but identifiable by sun-disc headdress with uraeus and hand holding an ankh and was-scepter.
ProvenanceBy 1909: purchased in Egypt by Joseph Lindon Smith; 1909: on loan to the MFA; 1911: purchased by the MFA through funds provided by Mary S. Ames.
(Accession date: August 3, 1911)
(Accession date: August 3, 1911)