Egyptian ostracon with a donkey and foal

An image of Written Document. Ostracon, figured. Donkey and foal. Production Place/Find Spot: Egypt. Limestone, length 0.13 m, width 0.13 m. New Kingdom.

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Written Document. Ostracon, figured. Donkey and foal. Production Place/Find Spot: Egypt. Limestone, length 0.13 m, width 0.13 m. New Kingdom.

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Accession Number: E.GA.4750.1943
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: GFX 50S
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 226.63kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2017:11:29 02:32:09

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Ancient Egypt animal animals antiquity document donkeys Egyptian figured ostracon Fitz_ANT foal limestone mules New Kingdom ostraca ostracon ostrakon written document

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            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024)
            "Egyptian ostracon with a donkey and foal"
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