An ostracon (Greek: ὄστρακον ostrakon, plural ὄστρακα ostraka) is a piece of pottery, usually broken off from a vase or other earthenware vessel. In an archaeological or epigraphical …

The term "ostracism" is derived from the pottery shards that were used as voting tokens, called ostraka (singular: ostrakon ὄστρακον) in Greek. [1] Broken pottery, abundant and virtually free, …

2020年10月27日 · Pottery ostraka identifying Themistocles, 482 B.C. These were used in Athens to vote a particular citizen to be ostracised from the polis. Museum of the Ancient Agora, Athens

2012年10月10日 · Brunner-Traut, E. Egyptian Artists' Sketches: Figured Ostraka from the Gayer-Anderson Collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum (Leiden Nederlands Insituut voor he Nabje …

2014年6月23日 · Ostraka, potsherds inscribed with the names of prominent Athenian citizens, are fascinating evidence for the politics of Classical Athens. An article by archaeologist, Heinrich …

Ostracon, potshard or limestone flake used in antiquity, especially by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Hebrews, as a surface for drawings or sketches, or as an alternative to papyrus …

2021年3月11日 · Ostraca (singular: Ostracon) are small fragments of pottery, stone, or other materials that were used as a writing surface in ancient times. The word ‘ostracon’ comes from …

2025年3月17日 · "ostraka" published on by null. [Ar]1 A fragment of soft stone or pottery bearing jottings or a writing exercise.2 In classical Greek times a potsherd used as a voting paper. One …

This article publishes a deposit of ostraka uncovered during excavations in the Athenian Agora in the late 1990s. It includes more than 150 incised sherds, making it the third largest group of …

Chapter Four is the catalogue of 1,145 ostraka, arranged by candidates. To these pieces are appended the 191 ostraka, almost all nominating Themistokles, found by Oscar Broneer in a …