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Ostracon with Small Scale Demotic InscriptionPtolemaic Period - Roman Period (332 BCE - 300 CE)

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Triangular ceramic shard with pale slip surface covered in multiple lines of Coptic script in faded gray-brown ink, terracotta clay body visible at broken edges

Unknown, Ostracon with Small Scale Demotic Inscription, Ptolemaic Period - Roman Period (332 BCE - 300 CE), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Jerome F. Snyder, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Ostracon with Small Scale Demotic Inscription
Place Made
Egypt
Date Made
Ptolemaic Period - Roman Period (332 BCE - 300 CE)
Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
3 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. (9.8 x 15 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jerome F. Snyder
Accession Number
M.80.202.181
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Collecting Area
Egyptian Art