US EditionUpper Egypt Site Has Now Yielded More than 43,000 Inscribed Pot Sherds, a Record-Breaking Trove of Information
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Upper Egypt site has now yielded more than 43,000 inscribed pot sherds, a record-breaking trove of information
A joint archaeological mission by the University of Tübingen and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (MoTA) has documented the world's most extensive find of inscribed pottery sherds at the Upper Egypt site of Athribis. The archaeologists have recovered more than 43,000 ostraca between 2005 and 2026, more than 42,000 of them in the past eight years alone.
Archaeologists discover 3,000 new Ostraca at Athribis
Archaeologists working in Upper Egypt have uncovered around 3,000 ostraca pottery fragments during the current excavation season at the Athribis (Atreps) archaeological site in Sohag province. The discovery raises the total number of ostraca found at the site to approximately 43,000 since excavations began there in 2005, making it the largest known collection of inscribed pottery fragments from a single archaeological location in Egypt. The find…
In ancient times, they served as cheap writing material: so-called ostraca, labeled clay shards. In Egypt, researchers have now discovered more than 43,000 of the shards.
In Athribis, Upper Egypt, the world's largest collection of inscribed pottery shards has been documented to date. More than 43,000 ostraca were recovered between 2005 and 2026 as part of a joint archaeological mission by the University of Tübingen and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (MoTA) – over 42,000 of them in the last eight years alone. Ostraca are pottery shards used as writing material in antiquity, mostly for short, ever…
The Egyptian-German archaeological mission, composed of the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the University of Tübingen, has concluded the season of excavations at the Atribis site in Sohag province, with the discovery of 13,000 oysters, fragments of ceramics containing inscriptions in various languages and graphics. The finding reaches 43,000 [...]
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