Egyptian documents on pottery fragments found

[guy]

Since papyrus was too valuable and scarce, pieces of pottery were used as writing material for mundane daily tasks, instead. This was an interesting find of thousands of pottery fragments shedding light on everyday life in Ancient Egypt.

“Egyptologists have recovered more than 18,000 inscribed sherds in ancient Athribis - the remains of vessels and jars that served as writing material some 2,000 years ago. The sherds, known as ostraca, document lists of names, purchases of food and everyday objects, and even writing from a school, including lines written by pupils as a punishment. It is very rare to find such a large volume of ostraca.”

 

Among these sherds were pieces thought to be from an Ancient Egyptian classroom. These were thought to be student lessons because they appear to be repetitive writing exercises.

 

 

Some of the later texts refer to the Emperors Nero, Vespasian, Titus, Domitian, and Hadrian.

This large discovery of pottery sherds gives an interesting glimpse of life in Ancient Egypt. Among the fragments examined include examples of student lessons, shopping lists, and trade receipts.
 

 

 

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-discovery-of-18-000-pottery-shards-document-daily-life-in-ancient-egypt

 

https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/university/news-and-publications/press-releases/press-releases/article/more-than-18000-pot-sherds-document-life-in-ancient-egypt/

 

Edited February 7, 2022 by guy

[guy]

Another interesting fragment discovered:

An ostracon with child’s drawing. Image credit: Athribis-Project Tübingen.

 

http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/athribis-ostraca-10520.html