ostracon

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈɒstɹəˌkɒn/

Noun

A piece of pottery or stone, usually broken off from a vase or other earthenware vessel, especially one used to cast a vote during the Ancient Greek process of ostracism.

Japanese Meaning

陶器または石の小片であり、通常は花瓶やその他の陶器から壊れて切り離されたもの。 / 特に、古代ギリシャのオストラシス（追放投票）の際に投票用として使用されたもの。

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Archaeologists found an ostracon inscribed with the name of a long-forgotten general.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

考古学者たちは、かつて追放投票に使われた陶片に長い間忘れられていた将軍の名前が刻まれているのを発見した。

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A piece of pottery or stone, usually broken off from a vase or other earthenware vessel, especially one used to cast a vote during the Ancient Greek process of ostracism.

The process in this condemnation was thus : the people being assembled, every man took a tile called ostrakon and carried it to a certain part of the market place, surrounded by wooden rails for that purpose, in which were ten gates for the ten tribes to enter distinctly : in this place the tiles were deposited by each person, and numbered in gross by the archons.

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ostraca

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