Demotic Ostracon

Demotic Ostracon, no date

  • Egyptian

Clay and ink

  • Framed: Overall: 3 3/8 × 1 3/4 inches (8.6 × 4.4 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, Acquisitions Fund

79.135

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

  • Calligraphy
  • Clay
  • Ink
  • Inscription
  • Potsherd
  • Demotic script
  • Egypt

Details

Provenance

Dr. Richard A. Parker (Providence, Rhode Island, USA); 1979-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Rights Status

Egyptian, Demotic Ostracon, no date, clay and ink. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Acquisitions Fund, 79.135.

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