Ostracon

Ostracon

Public Domain

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
Not on view

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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
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
Profile of a Head
1570–1070 BC
Painted limestone
58.3.D
Relief Block Depicting Old Kingdom Officials Prostrating Themselves, from the Pyramid of Amenemhet I at Lisht
Relief Block Depicting Old Kingdom Officials Prostrating Themselves, from the Pyramid of Amenemhet I at Lisht
2630–2250 BC
Limestone with traces of polychromy
58.3.A
Roughly Incised Profile of a Head
Roughly Incised Profile of a Head
1479–1458 BC
Limestone
58.3.B
Obelisk
Obelisk
c. 1850
Specimen and black marble
94.1162
Mask
Mask
150–650 AD
Black limestone
2015.302
Dish
Dish
4400–3100 BC
Slate stone
31.68
Alabastron, Perfume Bottle
Alabastron, Perfume Bottle
300 BC–100 AD
Egyptian alabaster, probably calcite
34.142
Vase with Handle
Vase with Handle
No date
Alabaster
52.49
Alabastron
Alabastron
500–400 BC
Alabaster
2000.242
Vase
Vase
2890–2613 BC
Egyptian alabaster (calcite)
31.63
Vase
Vase
2340–2181 BC
Egyptian alabaster (calcite)
31.64
Head Rest Stem
Head Rest Stem
1550–1069 BC
Egyptian alabaster (calcite)
31.66.2