Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · ostracon
Ostracon Ptolemaic–Early Roman PeriodMedinet Habu
Description
Ostracon, Demotic. Ptolemaic–Early Roman Period, 664 B.C.–A.D. 1st century. Pottery, ink. 13.5 × 9.5 cm (5 5/16 × 3 3/4 in.). From: Medinet Habu, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1914.
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A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
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