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ostracon
Object Type
ostracon
Museum number
EA66303
Description
Ostracon, limestone: on three sides, fragments of painted religious texts, which may have been copied from those in the Osireion.
Cultures/periods
19th Dynasty
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Egypt Exploration Society
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Osireion (Abydos)
Materials
limestone
Dimensions
Height:
10.40 centimetres
(max)
Thickness:
5.20 centimetres
(max)
Width:
14.40 centimetres
(max)
$Inscriptions
Inscription subject
religious
Curator's comments
Bibliography: H.Frankfort e.a., 'The Cenotaph of Seti I at Abydos' (London, 1933), I, p.94 and II, pls 90-91.
Bibliographic references
Demaree 2002 / Ramesside Ostraca
(pl.205-207)
Trismegistos / An interdisciplinary portal of papyrological and epigraphic resources
(393831)
(http://www.trismegistos.org/text/393831)
Location
Not on display
Condition
fair
Acquisition date
1926
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA66303
Registration number
1926,0728.324