Ostracon

CultureEgyptian
Titles
  • Ostracon
Date1570–1070 BC
PlaceThebes, Egypt
MediumPainted limestone
Dimensions3 × 3 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (7.6 × 8.3 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number58.3.C
Non exposé

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Department
Antiquities
ProvenanceThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, probably 1930's–1958; purchased by MFAH, 1958.
Exhibition History"The Egyptian Mummy: Unwrapping the Mystery," Houston Museum of Natural Science, from March 23 - August 27,1989 (LN:89.14).

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Profile of a Head
1570–1070 BC
Painted limestone
58.3.D
Roughly Incised Profile of a Head
1479–1458 BC
Limestone
58.3.B
Obelisk
c. 1850
Specimen and black marble
94.1162
Mask
150–650 AD
Black limestone
2015.302
Dish
4400–3100 BC
Slate stone
31.68
Vase
2890–2613 BC
Egyptian alabaster (calcite)
31.63
Vase
2340–2181 BC
Egyptian alabaster (calcite)
31.64
Head Rest Stem
1550–1069 BC
Egyptian alabaster (calcite)
31.66.2
Plate
2345–2181 BC
Egyptian alabaster (calcite)
31.67
Mortar
1550–1069 BC
Egyptian alabaster (calcite)
31.66.1
Vessel
No date
Alabaster
97.719.8