Hieratic Ostracon Recording a Royal Name and a List of Names, ca 1184–1070

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Hieratic Ostracon Recording a Royal Name and a List of Names, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 20, ca 1184–1070 , From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Davis excavations, 1909, Limestone, ink, h. 15 cm (5 7/8 in); w. 21 cm (8 1/4 in); th. cm (9/16 in), Ostraca (plural for ostracon) are potsherds used as surfaces on which to write or draw. The term is used, by extension, to refer to chips of limestone, which were employed for similar purposes. Despite their humble appearances, ostraca bear a wide range of images and texts, including administrative documents, literary texts, and depictions of royal and divine figures

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