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Artefact ID1163
TM IDTM 64423
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialStone
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek, Coptic
Description

SB Kopt. III 1656

School exercise with Greek words explained in Coptic (S) (type "X [in Greek] it is Y (in Coptic)"; note that the vocabulary is not specifically Christian (although some words are suggestive), the only clear marker being the staurogram.

Selection criteriaChristian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy, Coptic language
Date from301
Date to400
Dating criteria

Palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

Florence, Egyptian Museum, 5637 (previously F 4)

Mertens-Pack 2132

O.Crum 434

P.Rain.UnterrichtKopt. 261

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Galante, Luigi. 1901. "Un ‚ostrakon‘ calcareo greco-copto del Museo di Firenze " Studi Italiani di Filologica Classica 9: 194-198.

Reference edition

• Hasitzka, Monika. 2006. Koptisches Sammelbuch III, Mitteilungen aus der Papyrussammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek (Papyrus Erzherzog Rainer) NS XXIII/3. München & Leipzig: K. G. Saur, 168-169  #1656.

Additional bibliography

• Crum, Walter Ewing. 1902. Coptic Ostraca from the Collections of the Egypt Exploration Fund, the Cairo Museum and Others, Special Extra Publication of the Egypt Exploration Fund. London: The Egypt Exploration Fund, 72 #434 (only obverse).

• Hasitzka, Monika. 1990. Neue Texte und Dokumentation zum Koptisch-Unterricht, Mitteilungen aus der Papyrussammlung der österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Neue Serie 18. Wien: Brüder Hollinek, 195-196 #261.

• Pellegrini, Astorre. 1906. "Piccoli testi copto-sa’îdici del Museo archaeologico die Firenze." Sphinx 10: 152 [141-159].

• Worp, Klaas A. 1998. "A Note on the Provenance of Some Greek Literary Papyri." Journal of Juristic Papyrology 28: 217 [203-218].

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 1163", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1163
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