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Object type
Museum number
EA56750
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Description
Ostracon, fragment of the body of a light-brown pottery ribbed vessel, the interior is covered with a dark-brown resinous deposit, the exterior is covered with a self-slip and remains of seven lines of Coptic text written in black ink, with traces of a further line also surviving, containing a receipt.
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Culture/period
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Date
- 6thC-8thC
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Findspot
- Found/Acquired: Wadi Sarga
- (Africa,Egypt,Middle Egypt,Asyut,Wadi Sarga)
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Materials
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Technique
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Dimensions
- Height: 67 millimetres (max)
- Width: 55 millimetres (max)
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Inscriptions
Inscription Type
inscriptionInscription Position
exteriorInscription Language
CopticInscription Transliteration
Remains of eight lines of Coptic text written in black ink.Inscription Translation
Note by W.E. Crum: "A deed of some kind, possibly a declaration. L. 2 shows a place-name, Tmo[u]; l. 3 another, Porf, found in [O.Sarga] 132 and elsewhere."
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Bibliography
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Location
Not on display
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Condition
fair (text faded)
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Acquisition name
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Acquisition date
1923
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Acquisition notes
Excavated 1913-1914 by Reginald Campbell Thompson on behalf of the Byzantine Research Fund.
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Department
Ancient Egypt & Sudan
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BM/Big number
EA56750
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Registration number
1923,0327.417
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Additional IDs
- O.Sarga 379 (text edition abbreviation according to Oates et al 2001)
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