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Ostracon with a Demotic InscriptionLate Period - early Roman Period (400 BCE - 100 CE)

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Cream-colored ceramic or stone ostracon fragment with two lines of ancient Semitic script in dark ink across its rough surface
Irregular fragment of pale cream-colored stone with a single line of Arabic script written in dark ink across the upper surface.

Unknown, Ostracon with a Demotic Inscription, Late Period - early Roman Period (400 BCE - 100 CE), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Carl W. Thomas, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Ostracon with a Demotic Inscription
Place Made
Egypt
Date Made
Late Period - early Roman Period (400 BCE - 100 CE)
Medium
Limestone
Dimensions
2 5/16 x 4 1/16 in. (5.8 x 10.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Carl W. Thomas
Accession Number
M.80.203.216
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Collecting Area
Egyptian Art