Ostrich egg fragments

Museum number:
6-9143
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
Ostrich shell fragments, small, thin.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Room 300, Northern Kom (Northern Palace), Deir el-Ballas
Verbatim coll. place:
Tomb 300 (revised to Room 300 per V. Jensen)
Culture or time period:
18th Dynasty of Egypt (1550–1295 BC) and 19th Dynasty of Egypt (1295–1186 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1900-1901
Materials:
Faience (composite material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Fragments (object portions)
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Comment:
According to Victoria Jensen (2021-03-12), "Provenience should be Room 300, North Palace. Fragments of ostrich egg(s) were found in Room 300 of the North Palace, according to Green's notes (D-9, p. 59). There are no notes for a Tomb 300 in Cemetery 1-200.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Ostrich egg fragments, accession number 6-9143, described as Ostrich shell fragments, small, thin.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Ostrich egg fragments, accession number 6-9143, described as Ostrich shell fragments, small, thin.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Ostrich egg fragments, accession number 6-9143, described as Ostrich shell fragments, small, thin.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Ostrich egg fragments, accession number 6-9143, described as Ostrich shell fragments, small, thin.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ostrich egg fragments, accession number 6-9143, described as Ostrich shell fragments, small, thin.

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