The second important word is “ostraca”, the plural form of "ostracon". An ostracon is a ceramic sherd, usually a broken piece of a jar. Instead of throwing the pieces away, people reused them. One ...

Held by The British Museum, a limestone tablet or ostracon dating back to 1250 BCE offers a fascinating glimpse into the work-life balance of ancient Egyptian workers. 40 employees and their ...

The word denoted the recognition of superior authority, as illustrated in a Coptic ostracon from Egypt (c. A.D. 600) in which three young men who were candidates for the diaconate wrote to their ...

247-266. “Back to the Well: Fountain as Source,” in R. Mutt: Writings about Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain (1917) and Its Aftermath in Ostracon Journal of Criticism and Issues, No. 3 (October 2017), pp.

This actually happened in some renowned cases, as in the case of Aristides during the Persian Wars. Ancient Greek Ostracon bearing the name of Aristides, 483-482 BC. Ancient Agora Museum in Athens.

The Book of the Dead is the modern name for ancient Egyptian manuscripts containing compositions drawn from a repertoire of about 175 individual 'chapters'. These were named by the Egyptian the ...