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Egyptian mummy label, written in Greek

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An image of Written document. Mummy label, Greek. Production Place: Egypt. Wood, length 0.096 m, width 0.06 m. Middle Roman Period. 101 - 300.

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Written document. Mummy label, Greek. Production Place: Egypt. Wood, length 0.096 m, width 0.06 m. Middle Roman Period. 101 - 300.

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  • Accession Number: E.W.60
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Photographer name: Mark Box
  • Image height: 711 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 91.86kB
  • Exposure time: 1/15
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Captured: 2012:03:09 16:04:48

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2nd Century 3rd Century AD Ancient Egypt antiquity document Egyptian Fitz_ANT Greek label Middle Roman mummy mummy label Roman script texts wood wooden written document

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Egyptian mummy label, written in Greek" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/image/media-817031847 Accessed: 2024-12-23 12:47:16

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