The hieratic script on this ostracon mentions the 43rd year of the reign of Thutmose III. A group of workers was sent to the quarry for the building materials of a temple, under the supervision of a man named Sen-Djehuti. Limestone. From Deir el-Bahari, Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1479-1425 BCE. It is on display at the Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany.
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