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Egyptian ostracon for Djedhor, son of Simon

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An image of Written Document. Ostracon, in Greek (6 lines), with one line of demotic for Djedhor, son of Simon. Production Place: Egypt, Aswan. Clay. Ptolemaic Period.

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Written Document. Ostracon, in Greek (6 lines), with one line of demotic for Djedhor, son of Simon. Production Place: Egypt, Aswan. Clay. Ptolemaic Period.

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  • Accession Number: GR.P.47
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/16.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: GFX 50S
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 768 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 570.08kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 16/1
  • Captured: 2018:01:22 01:30:15

Key words

Ancient Egypt antiquity Aswan clay Demotic document Egyptian Fitz_ANT Greek language ostraca ostracon ostrakon Ptolemaic Dynasty script texts writing written document

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