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	TFBA - Qumran Ostracon
		Dated to year two of the revolt, the ostracon is the first writing to be recovered from Qumran since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the middle of the last century.
		The ostracon was broken at a critical point and scholars disagree as to the proper translation.
		Cross and Eshel believe the ostracon records a gift of property to the Yahad, or “Community,” the term the writers of the Dead Sea Scrolls used to describe themselves.
	www.tfba.org /articles.php?articleid=3 (330 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Ostracon
		An ostracon (Greek: á½ÏÏÏÎ±ÎºÎ¿Î½ ostrakon, plural á½ÏÏÏÎ±ÎºÎ± ostraka) is a piece of pottery (or stone), usually broken off from a vase or other earthenware vessel.
		There is one ostracon with the inscription "St. Peter the evangelist", perhaps in allusion to the Gospel of Peter.
		A Coptic Sa'idic ostracon preserves the Pericope Adulterae found in John 7:53-8:1, which is otherwise omitted in the Sa'idic New Testament.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Ostracon (1066 words)

	The Nbj Measure
		Ostracon no 75 clearly records the amount of work carried out in the excavation of the tomb, however, and there is no difficulty in the view that the nbj measurements all refer to the volumes of rock which had already been calculated.
		The latter ostracon refers to the work done in the wmt or doorway, which Hayes took to mean the front end of the main axial passage of the tomb, 4.58 ms high and 2.32 ms wide.
		From ostracon no 75, we find that 3 nbj of stone were removed in the width of the passage, when the drift-way of height 'h' was enlarged along a 'depth' of 3 cubits, out to a width which we have taken to be 4 cubits.
	www.legon.demon.co.uk /nbj.htm (2583 words)

	Collections
		The ostracon is unique and was likely associated with a pilgrimage to one of the monasteries in the Judean wilderness.
		Ostracon 1: A transaction concerning real estate beginning “A plot of the sons of Gahmu.” Four lines of text.
		Ostracon 2: Record of a gift: “On the 23rd of Sivan ‘Ubaydu son of Guru gave to...” Four lines of text.
	www.uhl.ac /Coll.html (637 words)

	Notes on Qumran Ostraca KhQ1 and KhQ2 from the cemetery of Qumran
		According to early reports a third ostracon was found with the first two, containing only traces of ink; this third ostracon has not been published.
		A press release announced that the ostracon had disproved the theory of University of Chicago professor Norman Golb of a Jerusalem origin of the scrolls, mentioning Golb by name.
		The Qumran ostracon, KhQ1, speaks of “figs” in the immediately preceding line 7 according to both Cross/Eshel and Yardeni, followed by what Cross/Eshel read as “olives” and Yardeni suggests is “palms”.
	www.arts.ualberta.ca /JHS/Articles/article_35.htm (5223 words)

	Nile Musings ~ Vol. 1 No. 7 ~ Celebrating the Egyptian Arabian Horse
		A little ostracon of a pharaoh on horseback appeared right before my eyes in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
		I'm guessing this ostracon is from Theodore Davis' excavations of the tomb of Ramses VI since it was tucked among other ostraca labeled from that tomb.
		Artists used a flake of stone or broken pottery we call an ostracon for a practice sketch or note.
	www.nilemuse.com /muse/1-7.html (477 words)

	Anatomy of a Tomb: Ancient Designations - Theban Mapping Project
		A limestone ostracon, discovered either in KV 9 or KV 6 by Georges Daressy in 1888 and now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo (CG 25184), provides a complete plan of KV 6.
		The name has been interpreted to mean hindering access when applied to the actual shaft excavated in the floor of this chamber [16232].
		On the Cairo ostracon, the descent in F is partly preserved as "the descent"
	www.thebanmappingproject.com /articles/article_4.4b.html (659 words)

	OSTRACON (IRGO, Ostracoda) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		ROUP ON OSTRACON is an electronic discussion group for Ostracoda running on the Listserv server at the University of Houston.
		The Listowners are Rosalie F. Maddocks and Roger L. Kaesler.
		We further urge that the debate not be reopened on OSTRACON.
	www.uh.edu /~rmaddock/IRGO/ostracon.html (592 words)

	House of David Inscription : Temple Ostracon : by Laurence Gardner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		One of these is known as the Temple Ostracon, which resides in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
		Another ostracon referenced by the Biblical Archaeology Review (November/December 1997) is a tax receipt written on a clay tablet in respect of a subscription of 3 shekels to the House of the Lord.
		It comes from much the same period as the Temple Ostracon, when the Jewish people were obliged to contribute towards the House of Yahweh's infrastructure by way of a Temple tax.
	graal.co.uk /houseofdavid.html (1650 words)

	An Ostracon of a Royal Horseback Rider ~ Nile Musings
		Small Ostracon of a Royal Rider on a Bay Horse, painted limestone, Cairo.
		A mounted horseman from the reign of Ramses VI on an ostacon in Cairo is no scout or messenger.
		The subject matter of this ostracon defies convention.
	www.nilemuse.com /muse/royalrider.html (857 words)

	The Ostracon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The Ostracon is the official research publication of the ESS.
		The Ostracon is currently published three times a year.
		With the permissions of their authors, some of the past Ostracon articles will be archived on the Web.
	www.egyptstudy.org /Ostracon.html (80 words)

	House of Yahweh Ostracon
		The House of Yahweh Ostracon (a writing on pottery also known as the “House of God Ostracon”) was discovered in Arad, an ancient Judean city.
		Written in ancient Hebrew and dated to the early 6th century BC, it is considered to be one of the earliest references to the Temple in Jerusalem outside of the biblical accounts.
		The House of Yahweh Ostracon reads, in part, as follows: "To my lord Elyashib, may the Lord seek your welfareand as to the matter which you command me-it is well; he is in the House of Yahweh [God]."
	www.allaboutarchaeology.org /house-of-yahweh-ostracon-faq.htm (113 words)

	Biblical Archaeology Society
		Another major inscription that the IAA has found to be a forgery is the so-called Three Shekel ostracon (an ostracon is a piece of pottery used as a kind of ancient notepaper), its ink inscription purporting to be a receipt for a contribution of three shekels to Solomon’s Temple.
		The ostracon, which belongs to collector Shlomo Moussaieff, has been examined by Tel Aviv University archaeologist and petrologist Yuval Goren, who told the New Yorker magazine that the ostracon was covered by a tell-tale film of paraffin.
		According to some accounts, it was applied by an early owner of the ostracon to protect the writing.
	www.bib-arch.org /bswbOOossuary_plot.asp (1048 words)

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		Naveh admits that this ostracon "was found among the remains of one of the earliest Israelite settlements in Canaan" and may "even" have been "scratched by an Israelite settler".
		In other words, what I am suggesting is that this ostracon be considered Israelite and therefore written in a proto-Hebrew script which is identical to the Proto-Cananaanite script.
		There is no reason to take one of the errors as diagnostic and ignore the other; and avoiding the totally incoherent jumble of letters as well as the sloppy ductus to make some sort of point (what, political?) is irresponsible.
	oi.uchicago.edu /OI/ANE/ANE-DIGEST/1998/v1998.n277 (4692 words)

	Virtual Karak Resources Project: Archaeological Study
		In some cases the ancients used sherds for writing material, known as ostraca (singular, ostracon) to archaeologists.
		A sherd with any sign of an inscription on it must be removed before washing and taken directly to the head archaeologist, who gives the ostracon special treatment.
		The washed sherds from each pail are then placed in mesh bags to be left overnight to dry.
	www.vkrp.org /studies/archaeological/pottery/info/washing.asp (301 words)

	Archaeology Department, Tel-Aviv University (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Beit-Arieh, I. The Ostracon of Ahiqam from Horvat Uza.
		Beit-Arieh, I. A Pattern of Settlement in Southern Sinai and Southern Canan in the Third Millennium BC.
		Beit-Arieh, I. A Literary Ostracon from Horvat 'Uza.
	www.tau.ac.il /humanities/archaeology/faculty/b-ariehcv.html (196 words)

	The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Works of Art: Egyptian Art
		The hieratic text reads: "The slaughter of every foreign land, the Pharaoh—may he live, prosper, and be healthy."
		This ostracon, a limestone chip used for sketching, was found in the Valley of the Kings during excavations conducted by Howard Carter on behalf of the Earl of Carnarvon, who received the piece in the division of finds.
		Although many of the figured ostraca discovered in this royal cemetery were clearly trial sketches made to facilitate an artist's work, this scene is not found in royal tombs, nor do the figures conform to the strict proportions of a formal rendering.
	www.metmuseum.org /works_of_art/viewone.asp?dep=10&viewmode=0&item=26.7.1453 (202 words)

	ostracon - OneLook Dictionary Search
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		ostracon : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?w=ostracon (99 words)

	egypt1156 walkthrough
		Put the Ostracon back into your inventory and use the up pointing cursor to exit the closeup.
		Then, click the Ostracon on Imennakht and he will give you a ring for safe passage at the house of Penmenefer, the wise man and guardian.
		Place the Ostracon you found in the tomb with the other fragments.
	www.gameboomers.com /wtcheats/pcEe/egypt1156.html (4174 words)

	Abnormal Interests: The ~~Goliath~~ 'lwt wlt Ostracon
		The other day I wrote about a potsherd that some claim refers to Goliath.
		First of all, I should say that I was not personally involved in either the discovery or the publication of this ostracon.
		As I wrote, I'm not totally convinced of the reading, but IF the ostracon really DOES read ")LWT" and "WLT" and IF these really are variants of "Goliath", it would mean that this name was in use among the Philistines of Gath during the 10th and 9th centuries.
	www.telecomtally.com /blog/2005/11/the_goliath_lwt.html (698 words)

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