potsherd

IPA: pˈɑtʃɝd

(often archaeology) A piece of ceramic from pottery, often found on an archaeological site.

Examples of "potsherd" in Sentences

A scraper, for which the "potsherd" of Job was a substitute.
Second, it seems to me fairly odd that someone would write moral laws on a potsherd.
A Mexican pre-Hispanic potsherd stands next to Manuel Reyes 'representation of a three-footed vessel.
a potsherd is a very unfit thing to run against a brasen wall, or to dash itself upon the rock of ages.
Rider Haggard faked up a potsherd with Greek and Latin inscriptions and included photos with one of his stories.
Smash a pot, write on a potsherd Greek=ostracon the name of a politician you wish to see resign and leave the country, place in ballot box.
For example, he recently found a potsherd with a painted design, and through extrapolation has created an entire, accurately crafted three-footed vessel.
A potsherd is a shard of pottery with archaelogical value, and so I've settled on that word to title what will be, I hope, an occasional series of posts digging worthwhile bits and pieces out of the archives of weblogs that I read.
As discussed in chapter 2, the bountiful potsherd evidence thus far unearthed and variously named Triangular Incised Ware (TIW) and Tana ware were in all likelihood introduced and produced by proto-Northeast Coastal Bantu speakers and their descendants when they entered central-east Tanzania.