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os·tra·con

 (ŏs′trə-kŏn′)
n. pl. os·tra·ca (-kə)
An inscribed potsherd.

[Greek ostrakon, shell; see ost- in Indo-European roots.]
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ostracon

(ˈɒstrəˌkɒn)
n
1. (Anthropology & Ethnology) (in ancient Greece) a potsherd used for ostracizing
2. (Archaeology) (in ancient Greece) a potsherd used for ostracizing
[from Greek]
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os•tra•con

or os•tra•kon

(ˈɒs trəˌkɒn)

n., pl. -ca or -ka (-kə)
(in ancient Greece) a potsherd, esp. one used as a ballot on which the name of a person voted to be ostracized was inscribed.
[1880–85; < Greek óstrakon; see ostracize]
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He thus reinterprets the ostracon with the Calvary and the inscription RIP on the central cross as an exercise in which a pupil might have engraved R(ex) I(udeorum), resulting in the acronym RI, to which the teacher would have added the p (for Passio) (Fig.
14) cites the publication of the ostracon found at Qumran by J.
An ostracon discovered in Qumran in 1996 discusses the transfer of a house, vineyard, fig trees, olive trees, and a slave by a new sectarian member to the community [Safrai and Eshel, 2000].
All the texts are along the lines of this one, ostracon 6 with questions that scholars debate added below in square brackets:
That Alexander was a popular character for ethopoetic letters is evidenced by a student composition from the Graeco-Egyptian schools of the second century CE, a letter from Alexander to the Carthaginians preserved on an ostracon:
The site, its study, the use of space in the site and its buildings, the pottery, seal material, a 7th-century BC Edomite ostracon, the small finds, Iron Age landscape, and later Nabataean structures are among the topics.
Each ostracon was inscribed with the name of a priest who worked at Soknopaiou Nesos in a temple dedicated to the god, Soknopaios.
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