Skip to main content

Ostracon: E.GA.6141.1943

An image of Ostracon
View image details IIIF icon - view image Universal Viewer Deep zoom Mirador icon - view image Mirador deep zoom IIIF Manifest IIIF Manifest Slow looking

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Alternative views

An image of Ostracon
An image of Ostracon
Current Location: In storage

Entities

Categories

Description

Hieratic text, one side, black and red ink

Measurements and weight

Length: 0.079 m
Width: 0.141 m

Find spot

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1943)

Materials used in production

Limestone

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.GA.6141.1943
Primary reference Number: 59754
Oldadmincategory: SS

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 31 August 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022) "Ostracon" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/59754 Accessed: 2022-10-01 14:29:50

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/59754 |title=Ostracon |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2022-10-01 14:29:50|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-59754

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant49/E_GA_6141_1943_201007_mfj22_dc2.jpg"
        alt="Ostracon"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Ostracon</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>

Please enter your name as you would like to be addressed
Please enter your email address
The object accession number - this is prefilled
Please enter your query with as much detail as possible

More objects and works of art you might like

An image of Ostracon

Ostracon

Accession Number: GR.P.45

An image of Ostracon

Ostracon

Accession Number: GR.P.51

An image of Ostracon

Ostracon

Accession Number: GR.P.55

An image of Ostracon

Ostracon

Accession Number: GR.P.49

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...

University of Cambridge Museums logo
Cambridge City Council logo
Arts Council England Logo
Research England logo
Brewin Dolphin Logo