Ostracon (disambiguation)

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An ostracon is a piece of either unfired or ceramic pottery from a broken ancient vase or other vessel; a potsherd; also the name for a 'limestone sherd'. Particularly used to describe such fragments which have writing or designs painted or inscribed on them. (Plural: ostraca, occasionally used as singular).


Ostracon may also refer to: