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ostracon
Object Type
ostracon
Museum number
EA27434
Description
Limestone ostracon with remains of thirteen lines of Coptic text written in black ink on one side and a further fifteen lines of text on the other.
Cultures/periods
Coptic
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Egypt
Materials
limestone
Dimensions
Height:
9.30 centimetres
(max)
Width:
11.70 centimetres
(max)
$Inscriptions
Inscription subject
epistolary
Bibliographic references
Hall 1905 / Coptic and Greek Texts of the Christian Period from Ostraka, Stelae, etc. in the British Museum
(p.93-94, pl.66)
Trismegistos / An interdisciplinary portal of papyrological and epigraphic resources
(82754)
(http://www.trismegistos.org/text/82754)
Location
Not on display
Condition
good
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Robert James Hay
Acquisition date
1868
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA27434
Registration number
1868,1102.452
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
O.Brit.Mus.Copt. I 66:1
(text edition abbreviation according to Oates et al 2001)