Oxford: Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1968. Second Edition. Hardcover. [vi], [16], 33, [v] pp, 2 blanks. The 1968 reprint of the 1952 original. Frontis figure of the ostracon, unnumbered pages with sections of the ostracon with printed hieroglyphs below with number keys, then 33 numbered pages of commentary. Original brown kraft paper dust jacket is a bit tattered, hand-written title at spine. Book itself is bound in dark green cloth, with a small bit of sunning to upper edges, slight rubbing to corners and spine tips. Pencil erasure to first blank, title page has signature and two stamps of noted linguist, sci-fi novelist and gaming creator M.A.R. Barker, last two blanks have bottom corners roughly torn off, otherwise a nice copy. Over-sized, may require additional shipping depending on your location. ; Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall .

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Bookseller: Leaf and Stone Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 004958
Title: The Ashmolean Ostracon of Sinuhe
Author: Barns, John W.B
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good in Fair dust jacket
Edition: Second Edition
Publisher: Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum
Place of Publication: Oxford
Date Published: 1968
Keywords: Ostraca;, Egypt;, Sinuhe;, Middle, Egyptian, Stories
Bookseller catalogs: History: Ancient; Anthropology/Archaeology; Egyptology; Language - Egyptian;

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