Ostracon / vessel / portion

Description

Ostracon, consisting of a portion of the rim of a thick, pale red pottery vessel inscribed with red cursive hieroglyphs serving as identity marks: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Deir el-Medina, New Kingdom,18th Dynasty, probably reign of Amenhotep III, c.1390-1352 BC

Museum reference

A.1956.242

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Ostracon / vessel / portion

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

Late Kingdom

Materials

Ceramic

Collection place(s)

Deir el-Medina, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Rhind, Alexander Henry, 1833 - 1863

References

Catalogue of the National Museum of Antiquities 1863, No. 38

Murray, M. 1900. Catalogue of the Egyptian Antiquities in the National Museum of Antiquities., p. 42 No. 659