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Ostracon

Classification/Broad: Writing

Classification/Specific: Ostracon

Material/Broad: Stone or Rock

Material/Specific: Limestone Paint

Measurements: 126LX78W MM

Description: Figured, painted scene of boy being tried by mouse and cat

Region: Upper Egypt: Thebes

Country: Egypt

Place/site: Deir el-Medina

Place/other: West Bank
Thebes

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Period: New Kingdom

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Dynasty: Dynasty 19 Dynasty 20

King/Ruler: Sety II

Inscribed: Yes

Inscription Sequence Number: 1

Inscription Language: Egyptian

Script: Hieratic

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On Display: Egyptian Gallery

Registration Number: E13951

Accession Number: 964

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