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Ostracon: E.GA.874.1947

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Description

Ostrakon, body sherd with parts of 4 lines of text in black ink, pitch coating on interior

Measurements and weight

Depth: 0.007 m
Height: 0.06 m
Width: 0.042 m

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1945) by Gayer-Anderson, R. G. (Major)

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.GA.874.1947
Primary reference Number: 61000
Oldadmincategory: P
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 20 January 2017 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

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 (2024) "Ostracon" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/61000 Accessed: 2024-03-28 23:18:44

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/61000 |title=Ostracon |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-03-28 23:18:44|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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