Ostracon Depicting a Queen Holding a Sistrum
Object type: Ostracon, figured, queen, sistrum
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside
Dynasty: Dynasty 19–20
Date: ca. 1295–1070 B.C.
Medium: Limestone, paint
Dimensions: H. 27.4 × w. 9.4 × d. 2.5 cm (9 3/4 × 3 11/16 × 1 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
Tags: Queens|Women