Ostraca
- Accession Number
- EC155
- Current Location
- House of Life (first floor), Plants case
- Object Type
- Written document, Ostracon
- Period
- Graeco-Roman Period
- Material
- Pottery
- Provenance
- Egypt, Kom Ombo
- Measurements
- Height: 82mm | Width 56mm | Depth: 10mm
- Number of Elements
- 1
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Licensing details
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- Description
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A Demotic ostraca. It was translated by Carol Andrews in 1986 and appears to be a list of commodities including fat and sesame. It appears to be Roman in date. The donor said he had picked up the item from the surface at Kom Ombo when on holiday in Egypt prior to 1970.
- Previous Owner
- Aldo G. Rabaiotti
- Acquisition
- Gift, Aldo G. Rabaiotti (18 Sep 2002)
- Last modified: 21 May 2022