Ostracon with Pharaoh Spearing a Lion and a Royal Hymn on its Back | New Kingdom, Ramesside | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Title: Ostracon with Pharaoh Spearing a Lion and a Royal Hymn on its Back
Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside
Dynasty: Dynasty 20
Date: ca. 1186–1070 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV 62), debris near the entrance, Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1920
Medium: Limestone, ink
Dimensions: H. 14 cm (5 1/2 in.), W. 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in.), Th. 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)
Credit Line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Object Number: 26.7.1453