Artist's Sketch of a Sparrow
Object type: Ostracon, hieroglyph, sparrow
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Limestone, paint
Dimensions: H. 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in.); W. 10.6 cm (4 3/16 in.); Th. 2.4 cm (15/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Hatshepsut Hole
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1922–23
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1923
Accession year: 1923
Tags: Birds