An ostracon is a piece of pottery, usually broken off from a vase or other earthenware vessel. In an archaeological or epigraphical context, ostraca refer to sherds or even small pieces of stone that
Ostrakon inscribed with "Kimon [son] of Miltiades", for Cimon, an Athenian statesman.
Ostrakon of Megacles, son of Hippocrates (inscription: ΜΕΓΑΚΛΕΣ ΗΙΠΠΟΚΡΑΤΟΣ), 487 BC. On display in the Ancient Agora Museum in Athens, housed in the Stoa of Attalus
Ancient Greek ostraca voting for the ostracization of Themistocles in 472/471 BC.
One of four official letters to vizier Khay copied onto a limestone ostracon, in Egyptian Hieratic.
Cimon was an Athenian strategos and politician.
Bust of Cimon in Larnaca, Cyprus
The putative 'Cimon' strategos bust, c.460 BC. Marble Roman copy of a Greek original, Glyptothek museum.
Cimon takes command of the Greek Fleet.