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Clay ostrakon | |
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Title/s | Clay ostrakon |
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Description | An ostrakon is a reused fragment of pottery or stone and can contain notes, sketches, receipts or letters. The example here is a letter in Saidic Coptic from the priest Markos to a holy father, begging him to send incense through a certainn Kyriakos, as arranged. Body sherd, with 14 lines of Coptic on one side and 3 lines inside, in black ink |
Field Collection | Egypt |
Technique Description | reused |
Dimensions |
depth 0.9
cm |
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Date | circa A.D. 401 — A.D. 600 |
Provenance | given: Gayer-Anderson, R.G. (Major) 1943 (Filtered for: Antiquities) |
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Accession Number | E.GA.4690.1943 (Antiquities) |
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