potsherd in English

noun
1
a broken piece of ceramic material, especially one found on an archaeological site.
Among numerous pottery vessels and potsherds , 113 pieces bore 30 incised signs or symbols.

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1. A Ugaritic root allows for the comparison to be rendered “like glaze upon a potsherd.”

2. In the ruins of a fortress dated to the period just before the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem, excavators found a potsherd addressed to the commander of the fort.

3. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue Cleaveth to my palate; and thou hast laid me in the dust of death

4. My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue Cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death Submit Corrections

5. Psa 22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue Cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death

6. 13 hours ago · My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue Cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.” Psalm 22:14-15