Ancient Ostraka Artifacts

Display of ancient ostraka, featuring Coptic inscriptions and text from different periods, showcasing historical writing materials.

Ostrakon 600 Coptic. Ostrakon 474775

Ostrakon 600 Coptic. Ostrakon 474775

Ostracon 595-30 B.C. Late Period-Ptolemaic Period. Ostracon 588244

Ostrakon. Culture: Coptic. Dimensions: 4 5/16 x 6 5/16 in. (11 x 16 cm). Date: 600. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ostrakon with a Letter 580-640 Coptic. Ostrakon with a Letter 474876

Ostrakon with Text from the Biography of Severus of Antioch. Culture: Coptic. Dimensions: 6 5/16 x 4 3/4 in. (16 x 12 cm). Date: 600. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ostrakon with a Letter 600 Coptic. Ostrakon with a Letter 474746

Ostrakon 7th century Coptic. Ostrakon 474489

Ostrakon. Culture: Coptic. Dimensions: 5 5/16 x 6 3/8 in. (13.5 x 16.2 cm). Date: 7th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ostrakon 600 Coptic. Ostrakon 474800

Ostrakon 4th-7th century Coptic. Ostrakon. Coptic. 4th-7th century. Pottery fragment with ink inscription. Made in Kharga Oasis, Byzantine Egypt. Ceramics

Ostrakon 7th century Coptic. Ostrakon. Coptic. 7th century. Pottery fragment with ink inscription. Made in Byzantine Egypt. Ceramics

Ostrakon with a Letter from Enoch to His Parents 600 Coptic. Ostrakon with a Letter from Enoch to His Parents 474732

Ostrakon with a Letter from Sabinus to Paham. Culture: Coptic. Dimensions: 2 5/8 x 2 5/8 in. (6.7 x 6.7 cm). Date: 580-640. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ostrakon. Culture: Coptic. Dimensions: 4 3/16 x 4 3/16 in. (10.6 x 10.6 cm). Date: 7th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ostrakon 7th century Coptic. Ostrakon 474557

Cuneiform tablet: quittance (), Esagilaya archive ca. 555-539 B.C. Babylonian. Cuneiform tablet: quittance (), Esagilaya archive 321957

Ostrakon 7th century Coptic. Ostrakon 474514

Ostrakon 7th century Coptic. Ostrakon 474528

Ostrakon with a Letter from Strategius to Cyriacus. Culture: Coptic. Dimensions: 5 1/8 x 6 7/8 in. (13 x 17.4 cm). Date: 600. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ostrakon 7th century Coptic. Ostrakon 474635

Ostrakon. Culture: Coptic. Dimensions: 3 7/16 x 2 3/8 in. (8.7 x 6.1 cm). Date: 7th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ostrakon. Culture: Coptic. Dimensions: Overall: 5 9/16 x 5 in. (14.1 x 12.7 cm). Date: 7th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ostracon ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom. Ostracon 554804

Ostrakon with a Biblical Text 600 Coptic. Ostrakon with a Biblical Text 474795

Ostrakon with a Letter from John. Culture: Coptic. Dimensions: 3 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (9.5 x 11.5 cm). Date: 600. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Cuneiform tablet: promissory note for barley, Esagilaya archive ca. 555-539 B.C. Babylonian. Cuneiform tablet: promissory note for barley, Esagilaya archive 321964

Ostrakon. Culture: Coptic. Dimensions: 4 15/16 x 5 11/16 in. (12.6 x 14.5 cm). Date: 7th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ostrakon. Culture: Coptic. Dimensions: Overall: 3 9/16 x 3 5/8 x 11/16 in. (9 x 9.2 x 1.8 cm). Date: 4th-7th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Tablet to JuliaDomna, A.D.211-17, Marble, 48.26 × 63.5 × 15.88 cm (19 × 25 × 6 1/4in.), Yale-French Excavations atDura-Europos, Excavated in Dura-Europos, Syria, Syrian,Dura-Europos, Roman, early 3rd century A.D., Inscriptions

Ostracon Inscribed with Economic Information. Egypt, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, year 2, probably of Merneptah (1236 BCE). Tools and Equipment; ostraka. Limestone

Ostrakon. Culture: Coptic. Dimensions: 5 3/4 x 4 7/16 in. (14.6 x 11.2 cm). Date: 7th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ostrakon. Culture: Coptic. Dimensions: 6 1/8 x 5 11/16 in. (15.5 x 14.4 cm). Date: 7th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ostrakon 7th century Coptic. Ostrakon 474560

Ostracon with Coptic Inscription. Egypt, Coptic Period (250 - 650 CE). Tools and Equipment; ostraka. Terracotta

Ostrakon with Troparion 580-640 Coptic. Ostrakon with Troparion 474905

Ostrakon 7th century Coptic. Ostrakon 474475

Ostrakon 600 Coptic. Ostrakon 474714

Ostrakon. Culture: Coptic. Dimensions: Overall: 1 5/8 x 1 5/8 x 3/8 in. (4.2 x 4.2 x 1 cm). Date: 4th-7th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ostrakon 7th century Coptic. Ostrakon 474482

Ostrakon. Culture: Coptic. Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 4 5/16 in. (13.9 x 10.9 cm). Date: 7th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ostrakon 7th century Coptic. Ostrakon 474625

Ostrakon with Lines from Homer's Iliad. Culture: Coptic. Dimensions: 1 9/16 x 1 11/16 in. (4 x 4.3 cm). Date: 600. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ostrakon 7th century Coptic. Ostrakon 474552

Ostrakon with a Legal Letter 580-640 Coptic. Ostrakon with a Legal Letter. Coptic. 580-640. Pottery fragments with ink inscription. Made in Thebes, Byzantine Egypt. Ceramics

Ostrakon. Culture: Coptic. Dimensions: 3 3/4 x 5 1/8 in. (9.5 x 13 cm). Date: 7th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Cuneiform tablet: wool expenditures to personnel, Ebabbar archive ca. 626-605 B.C. Babylonian. Cuneiform tablet: wool expenditures to personnel, Ebabbar archive 321949

Ostrakon 7th century Coptic. Ostrakon 474488

Ostrakon 600 Coptic. Ostrakon 474797

Ostrakon 580-640 Coptic. Ostrakon 474882

Ostrakon 600 Coptic. Ostrakon 474831

Cuneiform tablet: account of barley deliveries, Ebabbar archive ca. 7th-6th century B.C. Babylonian. Cuneiform tablet: account of barley deliveries, Ebabbar archive 321955

Ostrakon 580-640 Coptic. Ostrakon 475128

Stone slab fragment with inscription from annals of Ashurbanipal ca. 668-627 B.C. Assyrian. Stone slab fragment with inscription from annals of Ashurbanipal. Assyrian. ca. 668-627 B.C.. Black stone. Neo-Assyrian. Mesopotamia, Nineveh ()

Ostrakon with Trisagion. Culture: Coptic. Dimensions: 4 1/2 x 3 15/16 in. (11.5 x 10 cm). Date: 580-640. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ostracon from Deir el Medina - Official Record of Deliveries. Egypt, New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty, probably reign of Ramses III (1198 - 1166 BCE). Tools and Equipment; ostraka. Limestone

Cegła z napisem fundacyjnym Amar-Sueny. unknown, author

Ostrakon. Culture: Coptic. Dimensions: 4 1/8 x 3 11/16 in. (10.4 x 9.4 cm). Date: 7th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ostrakon 7th century Coptic. Ostrakon 474473

Ostrakon. Culture: Coptic. Dimensions: 4 5/16 x 2 7/8 in. (11 x 7.3 cm). Date: 7th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ostrakon 7th century Coptic. Ostrakon 474570

Ostrakon with a Letter 600 Coptic. Ostrakon with a Letter 474722

Hieratic Ostracon with accounts 525-404 BC Late Period, Persian Period A series of ostraka from the excavation of tomb of Nespekashuty have been examined in a forthcoming study: they seem to have been left by a single not particularly skilled scribe, who mixed cursive hieroglyphic and hieratic scripts. The texts include practice lists, random jottings, dated accounts and even the beginning of a New Kingdom literary text, "The Wisdom of Amenemope."The texts postdate the tomb, probably to the Persian Period according to palaeography (handwriting style).. Hieratic Ostracon with accounts. 525-404 BC. Limestone, ink. Late Period, Persian Period. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Nespakashuty (TT 312, MMA 509a), MMA excavations, 1922-23. Dynasty 27

Kollushosa epitaph; VI-X century (501-00-00-1000-00-00);Faras (Sudan), Epitaphs, Christian inscriptions, Greek inscriptions, Polish excavations in Faras (Sudan)

Clay tablet inscribed with Linear B script. Minoan dated to 1400 BC, from Knossos. Crete.

Clay tablets with Linear A writing

Ostrakon 600 Coptic. Ostrakon 474720

Ostracon with Greek Inscription. Egypt, Roman Period (332 BCE - 400CE). Tools and Equipment; ostraka. Terracotta

Roman tombstone for two children. (Secondina and Laurentius). The mother Secunda. Unknown origin. 4th century. Italy. National Roman Museum. Rome. Italy.

Ostrakon with Biblical Text 600 Coptic. Ostrakon with Biblical Text 474782

Limestone inscribed fragment Cypriot Statue base inscribed, "Menodoros.". Limestone inscribed fragment. Cypriot. Limestone. Cesnola Inscriptions

Ostrakon with a Letter from Paternoute to Epiphanius 600 Coptic. Ostrakon with a Letter from Paternoute to Epiphanius. Coptic. 600. Pottery fragment with ink inscription. Made in Thebes, Byzantine Egypt. Ceramics

Ostrakon 7th century Coptic. Ostrakon 475129

Minoan civilization. Clay tablets with Linear B writing

Ostrakon. Culture: Coptic. Dimensions: 2 1/2 x 2 15/16 in. (6.3 x 7.4 cm). Date: 600. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Cuneiform tablet: abzu pe-el-la-am, balag to Enki ca. 134 B.C. Parthian. Cuneiform tablet: abzu pe-el-la-am, balag to Enki 321971

Cuneiform tablet: receipt for rent payment, Egibi archive ca. 542 BC Babylonian. Cuneiform tablet: receipt for rent payment, Egibi archive 321531

Ostrakon 7th century Coptic. Ostrakon 474547

Cuneiform tablet impressed with seal: letter order, Ebabbar archive ca. 494 B.C. Achaemenid. Cuneiform tablet impressed with seal: letter order, Ebabbar archive 322124

Ostrakon from the Brethren () to John 580-640 Coptic OstracaOstraca are texts written on broken pottery, which were employed when parchment was unavailable or too expensive. At Epiphanius a large number of ostraca were discovered in the monastery, including in its rubbish heaps; they record biblical verses, legal documents, sermons, financial accounts, school texts, and letters requesting assistance and prayers. Some reveal that, even at the southernmost border of the Empire, people were still aware of events in the capital, Constantinople.Ostracon from the Brethren () to JohnBe so kind: thou knowest we have besought thy brothership for the solidus (worth) of linen; hitherto thou hast delayed. Be so kind, give all the money unto John, that the man may come and find it ready, lest the brother be troubled.Give it unto our brother John; from the brethren.. Ostrakon from the Brethren () to John 473401

Cuneiform tablet: account of dates as imittu-rent with sissinnu payments, Ebabbar archive ca. 626-605 B.C. () Babylonian. Cuneiform tablet: account of dates as imittu-rent with sissinnu payments, Ebabbar archive 321939

Ostrakon with Menander's "Sentences". Culture: Coptic. Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 9 in. (22.5 x 22.8 cm). Date: 580-640. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ostrakon 7th century Coptic. Ostrakon 474590

Amarna letter: Royal Letter from Ashur-uballit, the king of Assyria, to the king of Egypt ca. 1353-1336 B.C. New Kingdom, Amarna Period This document was found in the late 1880s at the site of Amarna, the religious capital of Egypt under Akhenaten. It was likely originally stored in administrative offices that formed part of a palace complex in the central part of the city. It is written in cuneiform script on a clay tablet using a reed stylus. The language is an Assyrian dialect of Akkadian, the lingua franca of the time. In this letter the king of Assyria, Ashur-uballit, sends a personal messenger and offers gifts to the king of Egypt, most probably Akhenaten, in order to open communications with the major superpower of the region.For further discussion and translation, see the Curatorial Interpretation below.. Amarna letter: Royal Letter from Ashur-uballit, the king of Assyria, to the king of Egypt. ca. 1353-1336 B.C.. Clay. New Kingdom, Amarna Period. From Egypt; Probably from Midd

Hieratic ostracon with literary text New Kingdom, Ramesside ca. 1550-1070 B.C. View more. Hieratic ostracon with literary text. ca. 1550-1070 B.C.. Limestone. New Kingdom, Ramesside. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes; Probably from Deir el-Medina. Dynasty 18-20

Women's epitaph; 1st century BC.

Hieratic Ostracon Dated to Year 21 of Ramesses II ca. 1258 B.C. New Kingdom, Ramesside Ostraca (plural for ostracon) are potsherds used as surfaces on which to write or draw. The term is used, by extension, to refer to chips of limestone, which were employed for similar purposes. Despite their humble appearances, ostraca bear a wide range of images and texts, including administrative documents, literary texts, and depictions of royal and divine figures. The texts were mostly written with reed pen and ink of two colors, red and black, and inscribed in Hieratic, the cursive script of ancient Egypt throughout most of its periods. This limestone ostracon bears on one side five incomplete lines of a hieratic note dates to year 21, most probably of the reign of Ramesses II.. Hieratic Ostracon Dated to Year 21 of Ramesses II. ca. 1258 B.C.. Limestone, ink. New Kingdom, Ramesside. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Workmen's Huts near KV 55 (site 18) or between KV 18 and KV

Cuneiform tablet: promissory note for dates, Esagilaya archive ca. 543 B.C. Babylonian. Cuneiform tablet: promissory note for dates, Esagilaya archive 321965

Ostrakon 580-640 Coptic. Ostrakon 474881

Cuneiform tablet: measurements of the interior of the E-sagil temple ca. late 4th century B.C.-early 3rd century A.D. Seleucid or Parthian. Cuneiform tablet: measurements of the interior of the E-sagil temple 321700

Cuneiform tablet: unidentified balag, to Innnin/Ishtar () ca. 2nd-1st century B.C. Seleucid or Parthian. Cuneiform tablet: unidentified balag, to Innnin/Ishtar () 321974

Epitafium Didymy. unknown, author

Cuneiform tablet: fragment of a contract ca. 7th-4th century B.C. Babylonian or Achaemenid. Cuneiform tablet: fragment of a contract 321831

Epitafium Jezusa, syna Sambaiosa. unknown, author

Ostrakon with a Letter 600 Coptic. Ostrakon with a Letter 474788

Ostrakon from the Brethren () to John. Culture: Coptic. Dimensions: 4 7/16 × 3 3/8 × 1/2 in. (11.2 × 8.5 × 1.2 cm). Date: 580-640.OstracaOstraca are texts written on broken pottery, which were employed when parchment was unavailable or too expensive. At Epiphanius a large number of ostraca were discovered in the monastery, including in its rubbish heaps; they record biblical verses, legal documents, sermons, financial accounts, school texts, and letters requesting assistance and prayers. Some reveal that, even at the southernmost border of the Empire, people were still aware of events in the capital, Constantinople.Ostracon from the Brethren () to JohnBe so kind: thou knowest we have besought thy brothership for the solidus (worth) of linen; hitherto thou hast delayed. Be so kind, give all the money unto John, that the man may come and find it ready, lest the brother be troubled.Give it unto our brother John; from the brethren. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

MANUSCRITO LATINO EN BARRO (LIBRO DE NAVASCUES). Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Ration list. This records allocations of food to groups of workers many of whom were Egyptian in origin. About 600-500BC. From Babylon or Sippar

Ostracon with Greek Inscription. Egypt, Roman Period (332 BCE - 400 CE). Tools and Equipment; ostraka. Terracotta

Historic, Babylon. Cuneiform tablet- Ziggurat drawing and measurements for Ashur temple, 550 BC,Babylon

Fragment of inscription with Attic decree written in 'Stoichedon'

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