Greek Ostracon

1973.2.515

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Fragment of a pottery vessel used as a writing surface (ostracon) with six lines of a Greek inscription (also recorded as Demotic). CONDITION NOTE 1998: Chipped, surface dirt, adhesive residue, label adhered to surface. Wellcome Historical Medical Museum accession no. 9313 ("Two small Copic ostrakas 3 1/4" x 3 3/4", 2" x 2". Soth 21-23/7/20. Lot 99"; purchased at Sotheby's, London, 21-23 July 1920 lot 99 (Moir Bryce collection). .