Hieratic Ostracon with the beginning of "The Wisdom of Amenemope"
Object type: Ostracon, hieratic
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Late Period, Persian Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 27
Date: 525–404 BC
Medium: Limestone, ink
Dimensions: H. 24 × W. 11.5 cm (9 7/16 × 4 1/2 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Tomb of Nespakashuty (TT 312, MMA 509a)
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1922–23
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1926
Accession year: 1926
Tags: Hieratic