Egyptian ostracon, inscription in hieratic text

An image of Written Document. Ostracon, hieratic text, one side, black and red ink. Production Place/Find Spot: Egypt. Limestone, length 0.09 m, width 0.18 m. New Kingdom.

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Written Document. Ostracon, hieratic text, one side, black and red ink. Production Place/Find Spot: Egypt. Limestone, length 0.09 m, width 0.18 m. New Kingdom.

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Accession Number: E.GA.6142.1943
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 620 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 99.50kB

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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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