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Limestone ostracon
The foreign goddess Astarte, riding side-saddle on a horse (stallion).
Length: 7.3 cm
Width: 11.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, R. G. (Major)
New Kingdom
Circa
-1550
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Circa
-1069
Accession number: E.GA.4290.1943
Primary reference Number: 58748
Oldadmincategory: SS
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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