File:Demotic Ostrakon.jpg
Summary
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostracon" class="extiw" title="w:Ostracon">Ostracon</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demotic_(Egyptian)" class="extiw" title="w:Demotic (Egyptian)">Demotic</a> inscription. Limestone. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemaic_dynasty" class="extiw" title="w:Ptolemaic dynasty">Ptolemaic Period</a>, c. 305-30 BC-(?330-305 BC?). Probably from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thebes,_Egypt" class="extiw" title="w:Thebes, Egypt">Thebes</a>. It is a prayer to the god <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amun" class="extiw" title="w:Amun">Amun</a> to heal a man's blindness. It concludes: "Return to me, my great lord, Amun. I am defenseless. Let me not perish. Do not forget me."
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| current | 15:09, 7 January 2017 | | 1,017 × 1,427 (1.04 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostracon" class="extiw" title="w:Ostracon">Ostracon</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demotic_(Egyptian)" class="extiw" title="w:Demotic (Egyptian)">Demotic</a> inscription. Limestone. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemaic_dynasty" class="extiw" title="w:Ptolemaic dynasty">Ptolemaic Period</a>, c. 305-30 BC-(?330-305 BC?). Probably from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thebes,_Egypt" class="extiw" title="w:Thebes, Egypt">Thebes</a>. It is a prayer to the god <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amun" class="extiw" title="w:Amun">Amun</a> to heal a man's blindness. It concludes: "Return to me, my great lord, Amun. I am defenseless. Let me not perish. Do not forget me." |
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