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ostracon
Object Type
ostracon
Museum number
EA70783
Description
Bone ostracon, with remains of one line of Coptic text written in black ink.
Cultures/periods
Coptic
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Byzantine Research Fund
Excavated by:
Reginald Campbell Thompson
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Wadi Sarga
, 80
Materials
bone
Dimensions
Height:
75 millimetres
(max)
Width:
60 millimetres
(max)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
To be published by J. Cromwell
Bibliographic references
Trismegistos / An interdisciplinary portal of papyrological and epigraphic resources
(394859)
(http://www.trismegistos.org/text/394859)
Location
Not on display
Condition
fair
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Byzantine Research Fund
Acquisition date
1987
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA70783
Registration number
1987,0227.920
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
922