Ostracon from Ancient Egypt

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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published on 04 January 2015
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This limestone stone chip (ostracon) depicts a garden plan and a note about a delivery of donkeys. From modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, circa 1250 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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