Unfinished owl hieroglyph
Object type: hieroglyph, owl, incised
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: early reign of Amenemhat I
Date: ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Medium: Limestone, ink
Dimensions: H. 17 × W. 16 cm (6 11/16 × 6 5/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Southern Asasif
Locale: Tomb of Meketre (TT 280, MMA 1101)
Locus: Buried in top of ramp
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1920
Accession year: 1920