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Шаблон:Infobox artwork/wikidata Artist's Sketch of Pharaoh Spearing a Lion is an ostracon drawing from the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt (ca. 1186–1070 B.C., part of the Ramesside period). It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[1]

Early history and creation

This is a piece of limestone sketched with ink. It was a trial sketch, though the final has not been found in any tombs nor does the figure conform to new kingdom proportions, that was discarded in the Valley of the Kings.[1] It was discovered at the Tomb of Tutankhamun, near the entrance, during excavations in 1920.[1]

Description and interpretation

The work depicts a Ramesside pharaoh spearing a lion. The lion symbolizes the enemies of Egypt. The back of the work has a section of hieratic text, which reads: "The slaughter of every foreign land, the Pharaoh—may he live, prosper, and be healthy."[1] Hieratic text is a term for cursive writing, which had been around and evolving since as early as the 2nd dynasty[2].

Файл:Artist's Sketch of Pharaoh Spearing a Lion MET 26.7.1453 back.jpg
Back of the ostracon, featuring hieratic text
Файл:Artist's Sketch of Pharaoh Spearing a Lion MET 1191R2 Sec501M.jpg
Front of the ostracon, featuring figural image

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