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ostracon
Object Type
ostracon
Museum number
EA63889
Description
Ostracon, fragment of the body of a drab-coloured pottery vessel, the fabric is partially red in section, the exterior is covered with a brown-coloured slip. The remains of one line of black-painted demotic text list the contents of jars containing materials used in the burial ceremony of the Buchis bull.
Authority
Ruler:
Ptolemy II Philadelphos
Cultures/periods
Ptolemaic
Production date
285BC-246BC
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Egypt Exploration Society
Excavated by:
Sir Robert Ludwig Mond
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Bucheum (Hermonthis)
, AR:30-31/80
Materials
pottery
Technique
slipped
Dimensions
Height:
8.10 centimetres
(max)
Width:
10.50 centimetres
(max)
$Inscriptions
Inscription subject
ritual
Bibliographic references
Mond & Myers 1934 / The Bucheum
(2:54, 72, pl. LXV (no. 80))
Trismegistos / An interdisciplinary portal of papyrological and epigraphic resources
(393666)
(http://www.trismegistos.org/text/393666)
Location
Not on display
Condition
fair
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Egypt Exploration Society
Acquisition date
1935
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA63889
Registration number
1935,0513.43
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
O.Buch. 80
(text edition abbreviation according to Oates et al 2001)