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Figured ostracon
Egyptian
New Kingdom
1550–1070 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Limestone
Dimensions
Height x width: 17 x 8.5 cm (6 11/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Joseph Lindon Smith
Accession Number37.1160
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsOstraca
DescriptionLimestone ostracon with scene drawn in black with evident traces of red guidelines; scene depicts of a goddess in a shrine; she holds a sun-disk in one hand and a falcon in the other; on either side two snakes appear in a posture of praise; horizontal lines of text in cursive hieroglyphs and hieratic beside goddess and below.
ProvenanceBy 1937: with Joseph Lindon Smith; 1937: given to the MFA by Joseph Lindon Smith.
(Accesson Date: November 17, 1937)
(Accesson Date: November 17, 1937)