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Ostraca of Amenhotep I

General Information

This ostracon contains the titles and the cartouches of Amenhotep I. The hieroglyphic signs are firmly marked in a dense black drawn on a red sketch. The second side carries, another cartouche.

Number	2420
Storing Place	Royal Museums of Art and History - Brussels - Belgium
Material	Limestone
Type	Ostraca
Type of Script	Hieroglyphic
Discovery Place	Thebes - Luxor - Egypt
Width	9 cm
Height	12 cm
Historical Period	The Eighteenth Dynasty – The New Kingdom

Inscriptions on the Monument

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Translation

The good god, lord of the two lands, king of Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt Djeser-ka-re.

Scientific Publishing

M. Werbrouck, Ostraca à figures, BMRAH 4e série 25, (1953) 95.