Artist's Sketch of a Palmette
Object type: Ostracon, figured, palmette
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18–19
Date: ca. 1550–1070 B.C.
Medium: Limestone, paint
Dimensions: H. 21.5 cm (8 7/16 in); w. 12.5 cm (4 15/16 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 heaps in same branch of Valley
Excavation: Davis/Ayrton excavations, 1907–08
Credit line: Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1909
Accession year: 1909