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Demotic ostracon
  • CollectionEgypt
  • Inventory numberE.00357
    • Object nameOstrakon
  • TitleDemotic ostracon
  • CultureEgyptian
    • GeographyPlace of production:EgyptGeographical Reference > Africa > North Africa
    Place of discovery:LuxorGeographical Reference > Africa > North Africa > Egypt > Upper Egypt (region) > Luxor (governorate)
  • Date332 BC - 30 BC
  • PeriodPtolemaic period(Egypt > Greco-Roman period)
    • MaterialCeramicMaterial > Earth > Clay
  • DimensionsH x La x P: 10,7 cm, 7 cm
  • LocationOn display
  • OwnerMusées royaux d'art et d'histoire / Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis
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This fragment of an ostracon, purchased by Jean Capart in 1900 in Luxor, contains a column with names and the beginning of another column with lists of words related to a priestly environment. The verso contains only a few incomplete words. This was probably a temple account.