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