Object Image

Fragment of a jar inscribed in hieratic with an excerpt of the “Ghost Story”

Period: New Kingdom Dynasty: Nineteenth - Twentieth Dynasty Provenance: Deir el-Medina Acquisition: Schiaparelli excavations (1903-1906)

New Kingdom, 1292-1076 BCE
Baked clay
16.0 x 18.5 x 0.8 cm
S. 6619
Image and text courtesy of Museo Egizio, 2022

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Egyptian Museum
Egyptian Museum
Permanent collection