This facsimile reissue of Anthea Page s 1983 catalogue makes this important source material available again in print for a new generation of students and scholars The catalogue documents 82 ostraca held in The Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology collection in London Ostraca are flakes of limestone or broken sherds of pottery used essentially as notepads for private letters laundry lists records of purchases roughly inscribed images of people birds and animals and copies of literary works In Ancient Egypt they reveal the artist craftsman at practice leisure and play Apprentices for instance copied scenes to improve techniques artists drew pictures to amuse perhaps with satirical images and caricatures or made measured studies for finished works A wide range of trivial examples survive together with more serious devotional votive and dedicatory pieces

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