Fragment of an Ostrakon

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Title

Fragment of an Ostrakon

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University of Canterbury Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities

Collection

James Logie Memorial Collection

Description

An ostrakon (plural: ostraka) is a broken piece of pottery, usually from a vase or other earthenware vessel, that has been used as a notepad. A message can be added by painting, writing in ink, or scratching into the pottery. Some ostraka are also made of pieces of stone or limestone flakes with the letters scratched into the surface. An ostrakon could contain lists, letters, schoolwork, pictur... [Accession number: 168.81]

Format

Image

Date created

2nd-3rd Century AD

Creator

Unattributed

URL

http://teecemuseum.nz/collection-item/1039002

Locations

Egypt

Related subjects

Writing and art / Inscriptions, Greek / From Hieroglyphs to text messages / Greco-Egyptian / 2nd Century CE / 3rd Century CE

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