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Egyptian ostracon with head of a deity, Book of Kemit

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An image of Written Document. Ostracon. Head of a deity, inscribed. Inscription from Book of Kemit. Production Place/Find Spot: Egypt. Limestone, length 0.2 m, width 0.15 m. New Kingdom.

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Written Document. Ostracon. Head of a deity, inscribed. Inscription from Book of Kemit. Production Place/Find Spot: Egypt. Limestone, length 0.2 m, width 0.15 m. New Kingdom.

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  • Accession Number: E.GA.4758.1943
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
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  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 148.67kB

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Ancient Egypt antiquity book of kemit deities deity document Egyptian Fitz_ANT inscribed limestone New Kingdom ostraca ostracon ostrakon script texts writing written document

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