Definition of Ostrakon

1. Noun. (alternative form of ostracon) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ostrakon

1. ostracon [n -KA] - See also: ostracon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ostrakon

ostracizing
ostracod
ostracoda
ostracode
ostracoderm
ostracodermi
ostracoderms
ostracodes
ostracods
ostracoid
ostracoidea
ostracoids
ostracon
ostracum
ostraka
ostrakon (current term)
ostrasize
ostrea
ostreaceous
ostreaculture
ostreaphile
ostreger
ostregers
ostreolith
ostreoliths
ostreophagist
ostreophagists
ostreotoxism
ostrich
ostrich fern

Literary usage of Ostrakon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diospolis Parva: The Cemeteries of Abadiyeh and Hu, 1898-9 by William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Arthur Cruttenden Mace (1901)
"This ostrakon is a token of some troops from the south of Asia Minor ; and it is known that in the 1st century there was a large number of Galatians among ..."

2. Manual of Egyptain Archæology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt by Gaston Maspero (1902)
"An ostrakon in the New York Museum depicts a cat of rank en grande toilette, seated in an easy chair, ... 161.—Comic sketch on ostrakon in New York Museum. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology by Society of Biblical Archaeology (1901)
"The Berlin Museum already possesses an ostrakon from Thebes, containing a receipt for the ... The El-Kab ostrakon, on the other hand, is dated the ist of ..."

4. Proceedings by Bruce A. Suprenant, James L. Noland, M.P. Schuller, University of Colorado (1901)
"The Creek ostrakon of El-Kab is as follows : I. *f/iir^ijf Qp ov ... The El-Kab ostrakon, on the other hand, is dated the ist of ..."

5. Karanòg: The Romano-Nubian Cemetery by Leonard Woolley, David Randall-MacIver (1910)
"Saucer; inside, offering-table flanked by palm branches; brown on pinkish-white ground 8953- ostrakon inscribed with Mero'itic characters. 8954. ..."

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