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ostracon
Object Type
ostracon
Museum number
EA21424
Description
Limestone ostracon containing the story of the woman taken in adultery, written in Coptic. John 8.9-11.
Cultures/periods
Coptic
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Egypt
Materials
limestone
Dimensions
Height:
9.50 centimetres
Width:
8 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Inscription subject
literary
Bibliographic references
Hall 1905 / Coptic and Greek Texts of the Christian Period from Ostraka, Stelae, etc. in the British Museum
(p.27, pl.20)
von Lemm 1910 / Koptische Miscellen LXVIII-LXXII
(p.69-71, no.9)
Trismegistos / An interdisciplinary portal of papyrological and epigraphic resources
(111700)
(http://www.trismegistos.org/text/111700)
Location
Not on display
Condition
fair (incomplete)
Associated titles
Inscription from:
Bible
Inscription from:
John
(8.9-11)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Rev Greville John Chester
Acquisition date
1889
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA21424
Registration number
1889,1014.263
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
O.Brit.Mus.Copt. I 20:2
(text edition abbreviation according to Oates et al 2001)
Conservation
Treatment
: 21 Oct 1998