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ostracon

• Object type

  • ostracon

• Museum number

  EA56750

• 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

  • Coptic

• Date

  • 6thC-8thC

• Findspot

  • Found/Acquired: Wadi Sarga
  • (Africa,Egypt,Middle Egypt,Asyut,Wadi Sarga)

• Materials

  • pottery

• Technique

  • slipped

• Dimensions

  • Height: 67 millimetres (max)
  • Width: 55 millimetres (max)

• Inscriptions

  • • Inscription Type

      inscription

    • Inscription Position

      exterior

    • Inscription Language

      Coptic

    • Inscription 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."

• Bibliography

  • Trimestigos 87690 (http://www.trismegistos.org/text/87690)
  • Crum & Bell 1922 p.218

• Location

  Not on display

• Condition

  fair (text faded)

• Acquisition name

  • Donated by: Byzantine Research Fund
  • Excavated by: Reginald Campbell Thompson
  • Excavated by: Byzantine Research Fund

• Acquisition date

  1923

• Acquisition notes

  Excavated 1913-1914 by Reginald Campbell Thompson on behalf of the Byzantine Research Fund.

• Department

  Ancient Egypt & Sudan

• BM/Big number

  EA56750

• Registration number

  1923,0327.417

• Additional IDs

  • O.Sarga 379 (text edition abbreviation according to Oates et al 2001)