Decorated Ostrakon
ca. 1336-1295 B.C.E.
Maker Unknown
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
The ancient Egyptians often made casual sketches on chips of limestone or pottery now called ostraka. The figure on one of these ostraka represents a horned animal, probably a goat, with a collar indicating that the creature was domesticated. The other piece shows a schematically drawn animal that cannot be identified.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Document
- Formatted Medium
- Limestone, pigment
- Locations
- Place excavated: Thebes (Sheikh Abd el Kurneh), Egypt
- Dynasty
- Dynasty 18
- Period
- New Kingdom
- Dimensions
- 3 13/16 x 6 7/8 in. (9.7 x 17.5 cm)
- Accession Number
- 58.28.1
- Credit Line
- Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Exhibitions
- Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Ancient Egyptian Art
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
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