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Limestone ostracon: E.GA.6119.1943

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Current Location: In storage

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Limestone ostracon

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Description

Hieratic text, both sides, black ink. Hieratic is a cursive form of the hieroglyphic script. The red ink corrects the black words.

Measurements and weight

Length: 7.6 cm
Width: 11.3 cm

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, R. G. (Major)

Dating

New Kingdom
Circa -1550 BCE - Circa -1069 BCE

Materials used in production

Limestone

Techniques used in production

Inscribed

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.GA.6119.1943
Primary reference Number: 59732
Oldadmincategory: SS
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 13 May 2019 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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