Hieratic ostracon with accounts
Late Period, Persian Period
Not on view
A series of ostraka from the excavation of tomb of Nespekashuty have been examined in a forthcoming study: they seem to have been left by a single not particularly skilled scribe, who mixed cursive hieroglyphic and hieratic scripts. The texts include practice lists, random jottings, dated accounts and even the beginning of a New Kingdom literary text, "The Wisdom of Amenemope."
The texts postdate the tomb, probably to the Persian Period according to palaeography (handwriting style).