Hieratic Ostracon listing the days of the month

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A broken limestone ostracon inscribed with red ink hieratic signs arranged in multiple vertical lines, resembling a day-list or administrative schedule.

The object is a small, irregularly shaped ostracon with chipped edges and a light limestone surface. Red-brown/brick-red ink marks form several stacked groups of hieratic-style signs, mostly arranged in vertical registers across the face. The writing is not arranged as pictorial scenes; instead it appears as repeated sign forms with occasional horizontal or diagonal strokes separating groups. No legible cartouche, royal title, or deity determinatives are clearly identifiable from the image resolution; the individual signs are present but too ambiguous to safely transcribe. There is no visible Greek/Coptic/Arabic text. The ink is clearly present and the limestone substrate is visible through abrasions and loss at the edges. Condition appears fragmentary due to breaks along the rim and missing corners.