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Broken piece of pottery with inscription
An ostracon (Greek: ὄστρακον ostrakon, plural ὄστρακα ostraka) is a piece of pottery, usually broken off from a vase or other earthenware vessel. In an
Ostracon
Canaanite inscription
The Khirbet Qeiyafa ostracon is a 15-by-16.5-centimetre (5.9 in × 6.5 in) ostracon (a trapezoid-shaped potsherd) with five lines of text, discovered in
Khirbet_Qeiyafa_ostracon
The Stonemason Ostracon is a figured-limestone ostracon from the Ramesside period of Ancient Egypt, 19–20th Dynasties. The figured-ostracon is made in outline
The_Stonemason_ostracon
Aramaic and Phoenician inscriptions
The Assur ostracon and tablets are a series of Aramaic or Phoenician inscriptions found during the 1903-13 excavations of Assur by the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft
Assur_ostracon_and_tablets
Archaeological forgery
The three shekel ostracon is a pottery fragment bearing a forged text supposedly dating from between the 7th and 9th centuries BCE. It is 8.6 centimeters
Three_shekel_ostracon
The Yahad Ostracon is a controversial ostracon (text-bearing potsherd) that was found at the ruins of Qumran in 1996. The editors who published the text
Yahad_Ostracon
Collection of more than 100 inscribed pottery shards
moon. The ostracon is inscribed both on the front and on the back (recto and verso). The frontside reads: And the backside: When the ostracon was found
Arad_ostraca
Topics referred to by the same term
Stonemason (book), a book by Andrew Ziminski The Stonemason ostracon, a figured-limestone ostracon All pages with titles containing Stonemason This disambiguation
Stonemason_(disambiguation)
Ancient Hebrew inscription
The Yavne-Yam ostracon (Hebrew: האוסטרקון מיבנה-ים), also known as the Mesad Hashavyahu ostracon (Hebrew: המכתב ממצד חשביהו), is an ostracon discovered in
Yavne-Yam_ostracon
The Saqqara ostracon is an ostracon, an Egyptian antiquity tracing to the period of Djoser (2650 BC). It was excavated in or near 1925 in Djoser's Pyramid
Saqqara_ostracon
Egyptian hieroglyph
documents theirs, ...." An example of a single scene is shown on the pictured ostracon. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Squatting man, worshiping (hieroglyph)
Man-seated:_arms_in_adoration
Ancient pottery piece
The Ophel ostracon or KAI 190, is an ostracon discovered in East Jerusalem in 1924 by R. A. Stewart Macalister and John Garrow Duncan in the area that
Ophel_ostracon
Egyptian limestone in Turin
The Ostracon of Prince Sethherkhepshef is a painted limestone figured-ostracon of the son of Ramesses III (reigned 1186–1155 BCE). It is a standing, figured
Ostracon of Prince Sethherkhepshef
Ostracon_of_Prince_Sethherkhepshef
2nd century Germanic sorceress
Semnonian tribe whose existence was revealed by the archaeological find of an ostracon, a pot shard of the type that was used by scribes to write receipts in
Waluburg
Ancient Egyptian limestone ostracon
The Ostracon of Senemut is an ancient Egyptian limestone ostracon which dates from the reign of Hatshepsut (1479 BC – 1458 BC), in the 18th Dynasty. The
Ostracon_of_Senemut
The Ramesses IX Tomb-plan Ostracon is an Ancient Egyptian ostracon made of pale limestone. It is inscribed with a layout of the tomb of the Pharaoh Ramesses
Ramesses IX Tomb-plan Ostracon
Ramesses_IX_Tomb-plan_Ostracon
Sutiy. He might have been identical with another Seti, mentioned on an ostracon which is now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Setepenre (“Chosen of Ra”)
List of children of Ramesses II
List_of_children_of_Ramesses_II
Archaeological site in Israel
political affiliation of Khirbet Qeiyafa as well as the language of the ostracon. "A dating in the Iron I–II transition, the mid 10th century, assuming
Khirbet_Qeiyafa
Theban tomb
by an expedition from the University of Cambridge since 1992. The HLHM ostracon, or the Halaḥam inscription is a limestone shard, discovered during the
TT99
Archaeological site in Israel
The association with the prophet is tenuous, based on the date of the ostracon (the second half of the ninth century), the rarity of the name, and the
Tel_Rehov
Northeast African people documented in late antiquity
Klaus Wedekind have both attempted to demonstrate that the language of an ostracon found in Saqqara is an ancestor of Beja, and were both of the opinion that
Blemmyes
Ancient Egyptian architect
proves that it is a hypogeum to perform Senenmut transformation rites. Ostracon found from the dump below Senenmut's tomb chapel (SAE 71), mentioning Senenmut
Senenmut
Ancient forms of the Greek language
Ostracon bearing the name of Cimon, Stoa of Attalos
Ancient_Greek
Writing system
Proto-Canaanite inscription is the Khirbet Qeiyafa ostracon, a 15-by-16.5-centimetre (5.9 in × 6.5 in) ostracon believed to be the longest Proto-Canaanite inscription
Proto-Canaanite_alphabet
Early form of the Cushitic Beja language
modern Beja. Francis Llewellyn Griffith identified the language of an ostracon discovered at Saqqara as "probably in the Blemmye language." Nubiologist
Blemmyan_language
Stele inscribed in Aramaic referencing the House of David
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Tel_Dan_stele
God of creation and the waters in Egyptian mythology
Period (722–332 BC). Museo Egizio, Turin (Cat. 490). Figured and inscribed ostracon showing Amenhotep I worshipping before the triad of Elephantine, in limestone
Khnum
Egyptian pharaoh
as prince Sethherkhepshef, as suggested by an ostracon discovered in the Valley of the Queens. Ostracon of Prince Sethherkhepshef Egyptian Museum of Cairo
Ramesses_VIII
Someone who is rejected or cast out, as from home or society
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Outcast_(person)
1837 study of the Phoenician language
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Scripturae Linguaeque Phoeniciae
Scripturae_Linguaeque_Phoeniciae
Source for Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions
inscription KAI 190: Ophel ostracon KAI 191: Shebna inscription KAI 192-199: Lachish letters KAI 200: Yavne-Yam ostracon Bureij KAI 201: Melqart stele
Kanaanäische und Aramäische Inschriften
Kanaanäische_und_Aramäische_Inschriften
7th-century BCE Jerusalem amulets featuring a biblical text
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Ketef_Hinnom_scrolls
Ancient Egyptian strike
Ostracon detailing the delivery of provisions to Deir el-Medina
Deir_el-Medina_strikes
Ancient Egyptian literary work
Amenemope have been identified on a scrap of papyrus, four writing tablets, an ostracon, and a graffito, bringing the total number of witnesses to eight. Unfortunately
Instruction_of_Amenemope
Cursive writing system used in ancient Egyptian
One of four official letters to vizier Khay copied onto fragments of limestone, an ostracon, held at the Royal Ontario Museum
Hieratic
Pharaoh of Egypt from 1197 to 1191 BC
IV Akhet 22. Evidence for his burial on the latter date is recorded in ostracon O. Cairo CG 25792. This ostraca from Deir el-Medina mentions that the Vizier
Siptah
Writing found in Canaanite inscriptions
long been limited to the 8th century BCE. In 2008, however, a potsherd (ostracon) bearing an inscription was excavated at Khirbet Qeiyafa which has since
Paleo-Hebrew_alphabet
Ancient inscription containing name known from Hebrew Bible
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Deir_Alla_inscription
Greek-Phoenician inscription
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Anat_Athena_bilingual
Satirical ostraca are a category of ostraca (singular: an ostracon) that represent the real world in unrealistic, impossible situations–a satire. The common
Satirical_ostraca
Caves in the West Bank
Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Retrieved 2025-09-30. In Caves 9 and 10 an ostracon and an unidentifiable papyrus fragment turned up. "Caves – The Orion Virtual
Qumran_Caves
Small limestone tablet with an early Canaanite inscription
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Gezer_calendar
Ancient Egyptian script
of being registered with the authorities. Examples of Ptolemaic Demotic Ostracon with Demotic inscription. Ptolemaic Kingdom, c. 305–30 BC. Probably from
Demotic_Egyptian_script
Ancient Hebrew seal stamped on Judahite jars
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
LMLK_seal
Country in West Asia
The Yavne-Yam ostracon, a Paleo-Hebrew inscription documenting administration in Judah
Israel
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Mitsri_genealogy_inscription
Phoenician inscriptions
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Abu Simbel Phoenician graffiti
Abu_Simbel_Phoenician_graffiti
Greek-Aramaic inscription
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Farasa_bilingual_inscription
Mathematics used in Ancient Egypt
letter describes several mathematical problems. Ostracon Senmut 153, a text written in hieratic Ostracon Turin 57170, a text written in hieratic Ostraca
Ancient_Egyptian_mathematics
Ancient Egyptian sword
conquest. In an ostracon from the New Kingdom, a depiction of Ramesses IV is shown wielding a khopesh used to smite his enemies. The ostracon came from the
Khopesh
4th-century BC pedestals with Cypriot-Phoenician inscriptions
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Tamassos_bilinguals
5th- to 4th-century BCE Egyptian texts
subsequently passed in 1932 to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. 1887: The Dream ostracon (CIS II 137, also known as NSI 73 and KAI 270) is brought back from Elephantine
Elephantine papyri and ostraca
Elephantine_papyri_and_ostraca
Ammonite inscription
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Amman_Citadel_Inscription
Athenian statesman and general (c.-495,-429)
An ostracon with Pericles's name written on it (c. 444–443 BC), Museum of the ancient Agora of Athens
Pericles
Noble family of ancient Athens
Pieces of broken pottery (Ostracon) as voting tokens for ostracism. The second ostracon from the top nominates Cimon son of Miltiades for ostracism.
Philaidae
Two ancient letters found in Egypt
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Phoenician_papyrus_letters
Ancient stele
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Melqart_stele
Seven inscriptions in Hebrew found in Israel
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Khirbet_Beit_Lei_graffiti
Two important ancient inscriptions from Dougga, Tunisia
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Punic-Libyan_bilinguals
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Sardis_bilingual_inscription
Ancient Lycian inscription in Anatolia
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Letoon_trilingual
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Phoenician Harpocrates statues
Phoenician_Harpocrates_statues
Phoenician gravestone from Sicily
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Lilybaeum_stele
Ancient Egyptian scribal training composition
western Thebes and Deir el-Medina. One surviving example is a limestone ostracon in the Museo Egizio, inventory number Provv. 1382, inscribed in hieroglyphic
Book_of_Kemyt
Pharaoh of Egypt from 1191 to 1188 BC
orders during Year 5 of this king's reign. The document is a hieratic ostracon or inscribed potshard and contains an announcement to the workmen of Deir
Tausret
Ancient bulla found in Jerusalem
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
King_Hezekiah_bulla
Architectural pointed arch that follows an inverted catenary curve
structure’s cross-section follows a catenary arch. The unfinished Saqqara ostracon has a catenary shape. In Iraq, the Arch of Ctesiphon, Taq Kasra has the
Catenary_arch
Ancient Greek and Palmyrene inscription
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Palmyra_Tariff
Overview of old literary works written in Hebrew
Hebrew, an inscription in the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet, is the Khirbet Qeiyafa ostracon (11th–10th century BC), if it can be considered Hebrew at that early a
Ancient_Hebrew_writings
Ancient graffiti engraved on the walls of the Temple of Seti I at Abydos, Egypt
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Abydos_graffiti
Intermittent stream in Israel
Yatir Forest. An Aramaic-language Idumean ostracon dating to the Persian period was found there with the ostracon's text containing a receipt for a large
Nahal_Yatir
10th century BCE Paleo-Hebrew inscription
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Tel_Zayit_abecedary
Series of Neopunic inscriptions at Henchir Guergour in Kef, Tunisia
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Henchir Guergour Neopunic inscriptions
Henchir_Guergour_Neopunic_inscriptions
Late Biblical Hebrew (c. 590 BCE) inscriptions on clay sherds
saying, "Be on guard!" your ser[va]nt is sending it to my lord. Notes: This ostracon is approximately fifteen centimeters tall by eleven centimeters wide and
Lachish_letters
Punic inscription
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Giardino_Birocchi_inscription
Local variants of the ancient Greek alphabet
The name "Pericles, [son] of Xanthippos" (Περικλες Χσανθιππο) in contemporary Athenian spelling on an ostracon (cf. classical "Περικλῆς Ξανθίππου)".
Archaic_Greek_alphabets
Group of Phoenician and Punic steles
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Phoenician_Adoration_steles
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Carthage Administration Inscription
Carthage_Administration_Inscription
Ancient Egyptian god of war
Merneptah. Sishepset, from the time of Ramesses III Harsiese, mentioned on an ostracon in Abydos Onuris is a playable character in the multiplayer online battle
Onuris
Iron Age inscription found in Jordan
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Kerak_Inscription
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Madaba_Nabataean_Inscriptions
Artifact discovered at Mount Ebal, West Bank
is the oldest known Hebrew inscription, preceding the Khirbet Qeiyafa ostracon by at least two centuries (with the curse tablet dated to around 1200 BC)
Mount_Ebal_lead_object
Biblical Jewish clan
Yohanan Aharoni at Tel Arad from 1962 to 1967 uncovered an 8th-century BC ostracon bearing an inscription that listed several family names, among which were
Korahites
Ancient Jewish seal
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
King_Ahaz's_seal
Sarcophagus of Phoenician king
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Ahiram_sarcophagus
5th-century BC Athenian statesman and general
Pieces of broken pottery (Ostracon) as voting tokens for ostracism. The persons nominated are Pericles, Cimon and Aristides, each with his patronymic (top
Cimon
Stele with Greek-Latin-Phoenician inscription
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Pauli Gerrei trilingual inscription
Pauli_Gerrei_trilingual_inscription
Phoenician inscriptions found in Athens, Greece
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Athenian Greek-Phoenician inscriptions
Athenian_Greek-Phoenician_inscriptions
the Book of Samuel due to the use of an archaic term. Khirbet Qeiyafa ostracon – 10th century BC inscription – both the language it is written in and
List of inscriptions in biblical archaeology
List_of_inscriptions_in_biblical_archaeology
Aramaic inscriptions
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Sefire_steles
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Al_Jib_jar_handles
Phoenician votive thrones
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Thrones_of_Astarte
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Blacas_papyrus
Phoenician funerary inscription
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Byblos_Necropolis_graffito
Ancient Egyptian tomb in the Valley of the Kings
in design to the "straight axis" tombs typical of this dynasty, and an ostracon written in hieratic script from the time of Ramesses III mentions the founding
KV3
New Testament manuscript
Uncial 0153 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek ostracon uncial manuscript of the New Testament. It is unglazed pottery. It contains texts 2 Corinthians
Uncial_0153
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Arslan_Tash_ivory_inscription
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The_Best_American_Short_Stories_2009
Phoenician gravestone inscription
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Honeyman_inscription
Hebrew-inscribed bulla found in Jerusalem
funeral inscription Stele of Zakkur Villaricos Phoenician stele Assur ostracon and tablets Throne of Astarte Gözne Boundary Stone Thinissut sanctuary
Isaiah_bulla
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