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Fragment of clay jar, with 8 lines of inscription in Meroitic
Fragment of a clay jar that has been reused as a writing document and contains 8 lines of Meroitic, a Nubian language. The text seems to refer to work on a shrine. the clay is typical of that found in Aswan (southern Egypt/Nubia). Broken vessel fragments were often used for a variety of receipts, notes or accounts. This type of object is called an ostrakon.
Height: 0.105 m
Roman
Circa
1
AD
-
Circa
400
AD
Text
Vessel
Accession number: E.P.490
Primary reference Number: 64549
Oldadmincategory: P
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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