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Egyptian ostracon with hieratic text both sides

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An image of Written Document. Ostracon, hieratic text, both sides, black and red ink. Production Place/Find Spot: Egypt. Limestone, length 0.149 m, width 0.177 m. New Kingdom.

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Written Document. Ostracon, hieratic text, both sides, black and red ink. Production Place/Find Spot: Egypt. Limestone, length 0.149 m, width 0.177 m. New Kingdom.

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  • Accession Number: E.GA.6137.1943
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 876 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 120.57kB

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Ancient Egypt antiquity document Egyptian Fitz_ANT hieratic text inscribed inscriptions limestone New Kingdom ostraca ostracon ostrakon script texts writing written document

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