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ostracon
Object Type
ostracon
Museum number
EA5886
Description
Pottery ostracon containing a literary text on the front and a religious text on the back, written in Coptic.
Cultures/periods
Coptic
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (Thebes)
, Monastery of Epiphanius, see curator's comments.
Materials
pottery
Dimensions
Height:
16.50 centimetres
Width:
11.50 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Inscription subject
literary
religious
Curator's comments
Said to be from Karnak, O.Brit.Mus.Copt. I 21.1 physically joins O.Mon.Epiph. 16A, which the 1913/1914 MMA Expedition was discovered in Cell A (MMA 806) of the Monastery of Epiphanius.
Bibliographic references
Hall 1905 / Coptic and Greek Texts of the Christian Period from Ostraka, Stelae, etc. in the British Museum
(p.28-29, pl.21)
von Lemm 1908 / Koptische Miscellen LI-LXI
(p.1337-39, no.7)
Trismegistos / An interdisciplinary portal of papyrological and epigraphic resources
(108525)
(http://www.trismegistos.org/text/108525)
Location
Not on display
Condition
good
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Giovanni Anastasi
Acquisition date
1839
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA5886
Registration number
1839,0921.508
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
O.Brit.Mus.Copt. I 21:1
(text edition abbreviation according to Oates et al 2001)