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Ostracon

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 archaeological or epigraphical context, ostraca refer to sherds or even small pieces of stone that have writing scratched into them. Usually these are considered to have been broken off before the writing…

Art, Egyptian limestone and potsherd ostraca & Biblical period ostraca

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Egyptian limestone and potsherd ostraca

EphemeralStory of SinuheEgyptologyDeir el-MedinaNew Kingdom
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Biblical period ostraca

Biblical archaeologyArad, IsraelTel AradLachishMesad Hashavyahu
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Ostracism

Classical AthensExiledOstracismAnal hygiene
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Overview

GreekPotteryVaseEarthenwareArchaeological
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Ostracism

Egyptian limestone and potsherd ostraca

Biblical period ostraca

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Ostracon

Nodes50
Edges49
Triples31
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.04
Components1

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Ostracon

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related to Egyptian limestone and potsherd ostraca · 13
Ostracon → Anything, Deir, Egyptian, Egyptology, Generally, Medina, Ostraca, Pottery, Sennedjem, Sinuhe, Story, The, These
related to External links · 9
Ostracon → Archeologist, Deir, Egyptian Study Society, Find, Medina, Oldest Hebrew Inscription Archived, Petrie MuseumThe Ostracon, Review, Wayback Machine Biblical Archaeology
see also · 4
Ostracon → DjehutyPotsherdSatirical, MapMonte Testaccio, Ostraca HouseOstracon, Senemut

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ostraca deir el-medina pottery water used found broken writing isbn would medical people egyptian biblical also ostracism saqqara written village

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
messagesinstance ofand therefore frequently used for writings of an ephemeral nature0.80text
prescriptionsinstance ofand therefore frequently used for writings of an ephemeral nature0.80text
receiptsinstance ofand therefore frequently used for writings of an ephemeral nature0.80text
students' exercisesinstance ofand therefore frequently used for writings of an ephemeral nature0.80text
and notesinstance ofand therefore frequently used for writings of an ephemeral nature0.80text
Ostraconrelated to Egyptian limestone and potsherd ostracaAnything0.60section
Ostraconrelated to Egyptian limestone and potsherd ostracaGenerally0.60section
Ostraconrelated to Egyptian limestone and potsherd ostracaPottery0.60section
Ostraconrelated to Egyptian limestone and potsherd ostracaOstraca0.60section
Ostraconrelated to Egyptian limestone and potsherd ostracaSennedjem0.60section
Ostraconrelated to Egyptian limestone and potsherd ostracaDeir0.60section
Ostraconrelated to Egyptian limestone and potsherd ostracaMedina0.60section

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