Ostracon: Sistrum

Drawing on stone of a woman, standing in profile, raising a rattle-like instrument, which consists of a handle and a large oblong loop above. The stone is broken at the woman's ankles, so she is shown without feet.

Ostracon: Sistrum

Description:
Ostracon Depicting a Queen Holding a Sistrum
Artist:
Artist Unknown
Medium:
Limestone and paint
Dimensions:
H. 27.4 cm; W. 9.4 cm; D. 2.5 cm
Context:
Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Upper Egypt; Davis/Ayrton excavations, 1907–8, workmen's huts near KV 55 (Site 18) or between KV 18 and KV 21 or from chip heaps in the same branch of the valley
Date:
New Kingdom, Dynasty 19–20, ca. 1295–1070 BCE
Inventory Number:
09.184.197
Lender:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Credit:
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1909
CC0 1.0, Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art