Discussion
Loading...

Post

  • About
  • Code of conduct
  • Privacy
  • About Bonfire
Nina Willburger
@ninawillburger@social.anoxinon.de  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

The site of Athribis in Upper Egypt has revealed more than 43,000 ostraca (pot sherds uses for with writing and drawing), offering remarkable insights into a thousand years of daily life in ancient Egypt.
One of my favourites shows a drawing of a shrew, the sacred animal of the god Haroeris.
https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/university/news-and-publications/press-releases/press-releases/article/record-breaking-trove-of-information-upper-egypt-site-has-now-yielded-over-43000-inscribed-pot-sherds/

#archaeology

Fragment of a reddish-brown pottery sherd  with a simple dark-painted drawing of a small, long-bodied animal identified as a shrew above a rectangular shape, shown against a white background with a black-and-white centimeter scale at the bottom
Fragment of a reddish-brown pottery sherd with a simple dark-painted drawing of a small, long-bodied animal identified as a shrew above a rectangular shape, shown against a white background with a black-and-white centimeter scale at the bottom
Fragment of a reddish-brown pottery sherd with a simple dark-painted drawing of a small, long-bodied animal identified as a shrew above a rectangular shape, shown against a white background with a black-and-white centimeter scale at the bottom
  • Copy link
  • Flag this post
  • Block
Log in

Bonfire Dinteg Labs

This is a bonfire demo instance for testing purposes. This is not a production site. There are no backups for now. Data, including profiles may be wiped without notice. No service or other guarantees expressed or implied.

Bonfire Dinteg Labs: About · Code of conduct · Privacy ·
Bonfire social · 1.0.0 no JS en
Automatic federation enabled
  • Explore
  • About
  • Code of Conduct
Home
Login