Painted fragment (ostracon) of Osiris

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An ostracon is a piece of pottery, usually broken off from a vase or other eathernware vessel. Because they were durable and plentiful, the fragments would have had text or images scratched onto them. Most commonly they were used as convenient tools for writing but it was also commonly used like a sketchpad for practicing drawing. This particular fragment holds a drawing of the god Osiris, and there is a poorly preserved hieratic inscription written on the back.

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Founded in 1889, the Harvard Semitic Museum houses more than 40,000 Near Eastern artifacts, mostly from museum-sponsored excavations in Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Syria, and Tunisia. We use these collections to investigate and teach Near Eastern archaeology, history, and culture. The Harvard Semitic Museum is one of the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture (HMSC).

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