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Ostracon, inscribed in demotic with accounts

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An image of Written document/Ostracon. Inscribed in black ink, demotic, both sides, accounts and day book? Production Place/Find Spot: Egypt. Limestone, depth 0.033 m, length 0.097 m, width 0.111 m. Ptolemaic Period.

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Written document/Ostracon. Inscribed in black ink, demotic, both sides, accounts and day book? Production Place/Find Spot: Egypt. Limestone, depth 0.033 m, length 0.097 m, width 0.111 m. Ptolemaic Period.

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  • Accession Number: E.69.1926
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/27.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 845 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 140.44kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 27/1

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