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Limestone ostracon
Hieratic text, both sides, black ink. Hieratic is a cursive form of the hieroglyphic script. The red ink corrects the black words.
Length: 7.6 cm
Width: 11.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, R. G. (Major)
New Kingdom
Circa
-1550
BCE
-
Circa
-1069
BCE
Accession number: E.GA.6119.1943
Primary reference Number: 59732
Oldadmincategory: SS
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Limestone ostracon" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/59732 Accessed: 2024-12-23 08:21:13
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