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Definition of Ostrakon
1. ostracon [n -KA] - See also: ostracon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ostrakon
Literary usage of Ostrakon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diospolis Parva: The Cemeteries of Abadiyeh and Hu, 1898-9 by William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Arthur Cruttenden Mace (1901)
"This ostrakon is a token of some troops from the south of Asia Minor ; and it is
known that in the 1st century there was a large number of Galatians among ..."
2. Manual of Egyptain Archæology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt by Gaston Maspero (1902)
"An ostrakon in the New York Museum depicts a cat of rank en grande toilette,
seated in an easy chair, ... 161.—Comic sketch on ostrakon in New York Museum. ..."
3. Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology by Society of Biblical Archaeology (1901)
"The Berlin Museum already possesses an ostrakon from Thebes, containing a receipt
for the ... The El-Kab ostrakon, on the other hand, is dated the ist of ..."
4. Proceedings by Bruce A. Suprenant, James L. Noland, M.P. Schuller, University of Colorado (1901)
"The Creek ostrakon of El-Kab is as follows : I. *f/iir^ijf Qp ov ... The El-Kab
ostrakon, on the other hand, is dated the ist of ..."
5. Karanòg: The Romano-Nubian Cemetery by Leonard Woolley, David Randall-MacIver (1910)
"Saucer; inside, offering-table flanked by palm branches; brown on pinkish-white
ground 8953- ostrakon inscribed with Mero'itic characters. 8954. ..."
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