Hieratic Ostracon Dated to Year 21 of Ramesses II
Object type: Ostracon, hieratic, Ramesses II
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside
Dynasty: Dynasty 19
Reign: Reign of Ramesses II, year 21
Date: ca. 1258 B.C.
Medium: Limestone, ink
Dimensions: H. 14.2 × W. 14.1 × Th. 3.4 cm (5 9/16 × 5 9/16 × 1 5/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Valley of the Kings
Locale: Workmen's Huts near KV 55 (site 18) or between KV 18 and KV 21
Locus: or from chip heap in same branch of Valley
Excavation: Davis/Ayrton excavations, 1907–08
Credit line: Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1909
Accession year: 1909