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Ostrakon with the representation of a dancer in an acrobatic position
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Sarcophagus of the vizier Gemenefherbak
Maia chapel
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Dea Sekhmet
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Tomb of Iti and Neferu
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Book of the dead of Iuefankh
Ostrakon with the representation of a dancer in an acrobatic position
Merit's funerary mask
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
Natural mummy and kit
Canteen Isiaca
Papyrus of the Strike
Tomb of Iti and Neferu
Pleated tunic
Book of the dead of Iuefankh

Ostrakon with the representation of a dancer in an acrobatic position

Anonymous

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Egyptian Museum of Turin

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Ostraka are limestone splinters used as a kind of notebook for notes by artists and workers at work in the tomb. Free from traditional figurative canons, they present extremely varied iconographic repertoires like this one, where a moving dancer is represented in a sensual pose, showing the artistic skill of her designer, to the point that it is possible to recognize the search for rendering of shadows.
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Title: Ostrakon with the representation of a dancer in an acrobatic position

Author: Anonymous

Date: 1539 - 1076 a.C

Technique: Limestone

Displayed in: Egyptian Museum of Turin

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