This is a limestone ostracon which bears on one side parts of 8 lines of hieratic inscriptions (in black), giving part of the “Prophecy of Neferty”. At the center top, one area seems to have flaked off and then been re-attached in more recent times. At bottom right a sign has been written over the edge; the reed slipping onto the underside. From Egypt. Ramesside period, 1292–1069 BCE. With thanks to the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL. Photo © Osama S. M. Amin.