Greek Ostrakon Grain Tax Payment
Broken pottery used for writing tax receipt for grains.
About the Model
Ostrakon are pieces of broken pottery vessels. They were used for writing a variety of different texts, instead of using expensive papyrus. There is a tax receipt written on this broken pottery piece. Medium: Silt from the Nile
Category
Arts + Humanities
Keywords
grain, tax, broken, pottery, clay, earthenware, silt, Nile, Egypt, Egyptian, Greek, Greek history, handwriting, vessel, papyrus, money, ancient egyptians, ancient egypt, Ancient Greek Civilization, social studies, language, archaeology, orange
Updated
May 26 2022