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Ostracon with Arabic Inscriptionunknown date

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Terracotta pottery shard inscribed with multiple lines of Arabic script in black ink, divided by a ruled line, on an unglazed brick-red surface

Unknown, Ostracon with Arabic Inscription, unknown date, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Jerome F. Snyder, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Ostracon with Arabic Inscription
Place Made
Egypt
Date Made
unknown date
Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
4 5/15 x 4 3/16 in. (10.9 x 10.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jerome F. Snyder
Accession Number
M.80.202.179
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic