Four Egyptian limestone and pottery ostraka
Middle Kingdom - New Kingdom, circa 2133-1070 B.C.
The pottery example in hieratic, reading 'under his sandals...and this day', Middle Kingdom, 4¼in (10.7cm) long; and three limestone examples including a draughtsman's sketch of a crocodile-headed god wearing a plumed headress in a shrine, New Kingdom or later, 5½in (14cm) long; a fragment with hieratic 'Amenem' and 'the temple of Amen', New Kingdom, 3in (7.6cm) long; and a miniature round topped stele with a kneeling male figure with arms raised in adoration before a seated deity, probably Ptah, New Kingdom 3in (7.6cm) long (4)
Middle Kingdom - New Kingdom, circa 2133-1070 B.C.
The pottery example in hieratic, reading 'under his sandals...and this day', Middle Kingdom, 4¼in (10.7cm) long; and three limestone examples including a draughtsman's sketch of a crocodile-headed god wearing a plumed headress in a shrine, New Kingdom or later, 5½in (14cm) long; a fragment with hieratic 'Amenem' and 'the temple of Amen', New Kingdom, 3in (7.6cm) long; and a miniature round topped stele with a kneeling male figure with arms raised in adoration before a seated deity, probably Ptah, New Kingdom 3in (7.6cm) long (4)
Sold for
£1,750
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Footnotes
- Provenance:
Collection of Reginald Berti Haselden (1881-1952), acquired in the first half of the 20th Century.
Captain Haselden was curator of manuscripts at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California, circa 1928-38 and 'pioneered the application of modern technology to the study of manuscripts': R.L. Easton Jr and W. Noel, 'Infinite Possibilities: Ten Years of Study of the Archimedes Palimpsest', Proceeding of the American Philological Society, vol. 154, no. 1, March 2010, p.53.
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