ostracon
- Museum number
- EA26706
- Description
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Limestone ostracon: the verso shows a lion's head sketched in black ink in profile; the space around it has been filled with less impressive attempts to draw a fledgling. Since this was a hieroglyphic sign used to write the word 'tja', "fledgling," and other words containing the same sound, its shape had to be exactly right, from the open beak with tongue extended and the featherless little wings to the huge three-clawed foot and the tiny curl of a tail. The largest example, though not as well drawn as the lion head, looks like professional work. The corrections are made in red ink. The recto shows a throne.
- Dimensions
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Height: 11.40 centimetres
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Weight: 1.04 kilograms
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Width: 16.20 centimetres
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Depth: 6.20 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Bibliography:
William H.Peck, 'Drawings from Ancient Egypt' (London 1978), p.170, fig.102 (recto only);
'Temples and Tombs' [exhibition catalogue] (American Federation of Arts, 2006): 75, cat no.33.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2006 7 Sept-26 Nov, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Temples & Tombs
2006 21 Dec-2007 18 Mar, Jackonsville, Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, Temples & Tombs
2007 15 Apr-8 Jul, Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, Temples & Tombs
2007 16 Nov-2008 10 Feb, New Mexico, Albuquerque Museum, Temples & Tombs
2013, Apr - Jul, Paris, Louvre, L'Art Du Contour
2013/2014, Sept - Jan, Musée royaux d’art et d’histoire, Brussels, L'Art Du Contour
- Condition
- fair
- Acquisition date
- 1891
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA26706
- Registration number
- 1891,0430.73
