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Ostrakon with the depiction of a ballerina in an acrobatic position
Funerary mask of Merit
Sarcophagus of the vizier Gemenefherbak
Maia chapel
Horemheb e Amon
Dea Sekhmet
Ramesse II
Sarcophagus of Butehamon
Royal cubit given to Kha by Pharaoh Amenhotep II
Mummy of Bull
Canteen Isiaca
Papyrus of the Strike
Tomb of Iti and Neferu
Pleated tunic
Book of the dead of Iuefankh
Ostrakon with the depiction of a ballerina in an acrobatic position
Funerary mask of Merit
Sarcophagus of the vizier Gemenefherbak
Maia chapel
Horemheb e Amon
Dea Sekhmet
Ramesse II
Sarcophagus of Butehamon
Royal cubit given to Kha by Pharaoh Amenhotep II
Mummy of Bull
Canteen Isiaca
Papyrus of the Strike
Tomb of Iti and Neferu
Pleated tunic
Book of the dead of Iuefankh

Ostrakon with the depiction of a ballerina in an acrobatic position

Anonymous

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Egyptian Museum

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Via Accademia delle Scienze, 6, Turin

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The ostraka are limestone chips used as a sort of notebook for notes by artists and workers working in the tomb. Free from traditional figurative canons, they present extremely varied iconographic repertoires like this one, where a moving dancer is sensually represented, showing the artistic ability of its draughtsman, to the point that it is possible to recognize the search for rendering shadows.
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Title: Ostrakon with the depiction of a ballerina in an acrobatic position

Author: Anonymous

Date: 1539 - 1076 B.C.

Technique: limestone chips or ceramic fragments

Displayed in: Egyptian Museum

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