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ostracon
Object Type
ostracon
Museum number
EA66233
Description
Ostracon, fragment of the body of a pale red-brown pottery vessel, the fabric is relatively coarse and grey-black in section, the interior is slightly ribbed and bears traces of five lines of black-painted demotic text, the exterior is elaborated with painted decoration comprising red-brown and cream-coloured zones, separated by a blue-black line, remains of seven lines of black-painted demotic text also survive. Join to EA 66255.
Cultures/periods
Graeco-Roman
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Egypt Exploration Society
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Abydos
Materials
pottery
Technique
painted
Dimensions
Length:
7.90 centimetres
(max)
Width:
8.80 centimetres
(max)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Joins EA 66255 Cemeteries and Osireion Excavations Group
Bibliographic references
Frankfort 1933 / The Cenotaph of Seti I at Abydos
(no.11, p.95)
Trismegistos / An interdisciplinary portal of papyrological and epigraphic resources
(51803)
(http://www.trismegistos.org/text/51803)
Almásy-Martin 2020 / Demotic, Greek and Coptic ostraca from Abydos in the British Museum
(no.9)
Location
Not on display
Condition
fair
Acquisition date
1926
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA66233
Registration number
1926,0728.254
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
O.BM Abydos Dem. 9
(Edition abbreviation according to Oates et al. 2001)