Archaeologists have discovered the largest known trove of ancient Egyptian “sticky notes”, which are inscriptions on broken pottery sherds, at the site of Athribis. The ostraca, which date from the third century B.C.E. to the 11th century C.E., included tax lists, delivery receipts, and drawings. The find was discovered during an excavation of the Temple of Ptolemy XII. The University of Tübingen and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities focused on Athribas, which was built in the fourth century BC. The oldest ostraca is written in Demotic and the newest from the 11st century C., representing a significant portion of Egyptian history. The discovery presents challenges to digitize and catalogize the vast assortment of items, but the high and high cost required to maintain such a system is appealing.