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Egyptian ostracon inscribed with quail chicks

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An image of Written Document. Ostracon, figured. Quail chicks on one side, inscribed on other side. Production Place/Find Spot: Egypt. Limestone, length 0.127 m, width 0.172 m. Nineteenth Dynasty. New Kingdom.

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Written Document. Ostracon, figured. Quail chicks on one side, inscribed on other side. Production Place/Find Spot: Egypt. Limestone, length 0.127 m, width 0.172 m. Nineteenth Dynasty. New Kingdom.

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  • Accession Number: E.GA.4761.1943
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 861 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 126.44kB

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Ancient Egypt antiquity birds chickens chicks document Egyptian Fitz_ANT limestone New Kingdom ostraca ostracon ostrakon quail writing written document

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