Figured Ostracon

1973.4.460

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Figured ostracon with a carving of the Canaanite god Reshef (Reshep), holding a heka sceptre and shield, standing behind an offering table. Has previously been considered a forgery. Compare with other examples in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, numbers 70222, 71815 CONDITION NOTE 1998: Incomplete, large chips from surface, surface dirt.