Limestone ostracon coated with a buff wash, the smoothed outer face sketched in black and red, depicting the goddess Hathor as a cow before an incense burner/brazier and a male worshipper carrying a flower and a vessel: Ancient Egyptian, New Kingdom, c.1295-1069 BC

Ostracon of white limestone flake inscribed recto and verso with a Coptic text, a letter discussing the exchange of craft goods: Ancient Egyptian, Coptic Period

Limestone ostracon, th a black and red ink scene on recto of two boys chasing a monkey up a palm tree: Ancient Egyptian, 19th - 20th Dynasty, c.1295 -1069 BC

Ostracon in limestone covered with a pale buff wash, rhomboidal shaped and inscribed on two continuous surfaces with hieratic inscription consisting of a tomb warning: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, 19th - 20th Dynasty, c.1296-1069 BC

Limestone ostracon inscribed with 31 lines of hieratic text in ink praising the king as he appears on the war-chariot, inked on both sides (15 on recto, 16 on verso): Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, probably Thebes, New Kingdom, c.1279-1153 BC

Portion of ostracon consisting of a red potsherd with pink-buff slip written in black ink on recto only: Ancient Egyptian, Ptolemaic Period

Ostracon, consisting of a portion of the rim of a thick, pale red pottery vessel inscribed with red cursive hieroglyphs serving as identity marks: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Deir el-Medina, New Kingdom,18th Dynasty, probably reign of Amenhotep III, c.1390-1352 BC

Ostracon of limestone, inscribed recto with lines of Coptic, fading and eroded: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, 3rd - 6th century AD

Ostracon (inscribed limestone flake) with a prayer written in Coptic by an Egyptian called Frange, asking for the blessings of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, probably found in the 18th Dynasty tomb of the vizier Amenemope, Coptic period, c. 650-700 AD

Ostracon of limestone, inscribed recto with lines of Coptic and verso with faded inscription : Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, 3rd - 6th century AD