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The Ostracon.This is a 3,200-year-old attendance sheet taken at work in Ancient Kemet/Egypt. The New Egyptian hieratic script was written on limestone in red and black ink and provided information such as the date (season and number), the name of the worker, and the reason for being absent.For example, on month 4 of Winter, day 24, a worker by the name of Pennub was absent from work because his mother was sick, and he had to take care of her.Here are some of the other reasons provided for work absence:1. Drinking with Khonsu2. His daughter was bleeding3. Libating to his father4. Brewing beer5. Building his house6. Fetching stone for the scribe7. With Khons making remedies8. Making remedies for the scribe's wife9. Suffering with his eye10. Embalming Hormose11. Strengthening the door12. Embalming his brother13. His wife is bleeding14. The scorpion bit him15. His feast16. Offering to the god