#ostraka — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #ostraka, aggregated by home.social.
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Lots of new folks around, so I thought I'd surface again the #OnThisDay posts of ancient (mostly #Greek or #Roman) documents on #papyrus, #parchment, and/or #ostraka (ceramic sherds) by @ryanfb. They're of interest to #archaeology #ancientHistory and #classics people especially.
His latest (today) is about a labeled jar of wheat (a commercial sample), dating to 2 BCE and found at the site of Oxyrhynchos in Egypt: https://botsin.space/@ryanfb/109268607363510845
Oxyrhychos: https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/736983