ostracon

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Object Type
Museum number: 125703
Description: Lachish Ostracon V (Lachish Letter V): pottery ostracon with Hebrew inscription (shoulder fragment? of wheel-made storage jar); pink brown fabric with some grits.
Cultures/periods
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Lachish, Bastion E.18:C
Materials
Dimensions: Thickness: 0.20 - 0.50 centimetres; Length: 11.80 centimetres; Width: 8.40 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Location: On display (G57/dc10)
Condition: repaired, ink very faded.
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1959
Acquisition notes: Previously on loan from Wellcome Trustees since 1937.
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 125703
Registration number: 1959,0711.3
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: FN.4026

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