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Egyptian mummy label, Demotic

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An image of Written document. Mummy label, Demotic Inscription. Production Place: Egypt. Wood, length 0.08 m, width 0.047 m. Roman Period.

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Written document. Mummy label, Demotic Inscription. Production Place: Egypt. Wood, length 0.08 m, width 0.047 m. Roman Period.

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  • Accession Number: E.W.52
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Photographer name: Mark Box
  • Image height: 688 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 91.45kB
  • Exposure time: 1/15
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Captured: 2012:03:09 15:48:30

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Ancient Egypt antiquity Demotic document Egyptian Fitz_ANT handwriting handwritten label language mummy mummy label Roman script texts wood wooden writing written written document

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Egyptian mummy label, Demotic" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/image/media-1568950084 Accessed: 2024-03-28 18:17:58

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