Egyptian ostracon, figured

An image of Written Document. Ostracon, figured. Production Place/Find Spot: Egypt. Inscribed in black ink, with trial sketches. Limestone, depth 0.027 m, length 0.084 m, width 0.107 m. New Kingdom.

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Written Document. Ostracon, figured. Production Place/Find Spot: Egypt. Inscribed in black ink, with trial sketches. Limestone, depth 0.027 m, length 0.084 m, width 0.107 m. New Kingdom.

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Accession Number: E.72.1926
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 878 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 127.61kB

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Ancient Egypt antiquity birds document Egyptian figured ostracon Fitz_ANT limestone New Kingdom ostraca ostracon ostrakon script texts writing written document

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