1) Ancient Egyptian technology 2) Archaeological artefact type 3) Type of Inscription
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An ostracon (Greek: ὄστρακον ostrakon, plural ὄστρακα ostraka) is a piece of pottery (or stone), usually broken off from a vase or other earthenware vessel. In archaeology, ostraca may contain scratched-in words or other forms of writing which may give clues as to the time when the piece was in use. In Athens, the voting public wo...
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[journal] The Ostracon is an academic journal published by the Egyptian Study Society of Denver, Colorado. It publishes research by professionals and by Society members into the art, archaeology, languages, history, and social systems of the Egyptian people. == See also == ...
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potshard or limestone flake used in antiquity, especially by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Hebrews, as a surface for drawings or sketches, or ...
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In ancient Egypt, a piece of limestone or pottery used as a cheap alternative to
papyrus. It was also used for voting tablets in Athens. ...
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From the Greek word meaning; 'potsherd'. A chip or shard of limestone or pottery used as a writing tablet. Ostraca are known from all periods. but 19th and 20th-Dynasty examples are the most common. The texts can be anything from a simple shopping list to drafts of hieroglyphic inscriptions.
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(in ancient Greece) a potsherd, esp. one used as a ballot on which the name of a person voted to be ostracized was inscribed.
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