Decorated Ostrakon
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
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.
Caption
Decorated Ostrakon, ca. 1336–1295 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 3 13/16 x 6 7/8 in. (9.7 x 17.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.28.1. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Title
Decorated Ostrakon
Date
ca. 1336–1295 B.C.E.
Dynasty
Dynasty 18
Period
New Kingdom
Geography
Place excavated: Thebes (Sheikh Abd el Kurneh), Egypt
Medium
Limestone, pigment
Classification
Dimensions
3 13/16 x 6 7/8 in. (9.7 x 17.5 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
58.28.1
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