Egyptian ostracon with hieratic script

An image of Written Document. Ostracon. Production Place/Find Spot: Egypt. Fragment of jar, with 3 lines of hieratic text in black ink. Depth 0.01 m
length 0.072 m, width 0.057 m.

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Written Document. Ostracon. Production Place/Find Spot: Egypt. Fragment of jar, with 3 lines of hieratic text in black ink. Depth 0.01 m length 0.072 m, width 0.057 m.

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Accession Number: E.77.1926
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Michael Jones
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Image width: 1024 pixels
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Ancient Egypt antiquity document Egyptian Fitz_ANT fragment hieratic text jar ostraca ostracon ostrakon script texts writing written document

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