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Artefact ID1219
TM IDTM 653486
Findspot (DEChriM ID)4   (ʿAyn al-Ṭurba)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageCoptic
Description

Fragment of a letter or a list in Coptic (S), written on both sides of the sherd (maybe read tiiou n-[…] "five …" in l. 1)

Selection criteriaCoptic language, Archaeological context associated with Christian markers
Date from301
Date to500
Dating criteria

Though lacking the exact archaeological context, the ostracon was found by the MMA expedition at Hibis and probably belonged to the occupation of the site in the 4th-5th cent.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, inv. 25.10.25.52

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Bagnall, Roger, and Gaëlle Tallet. 2015. "Ostraka from Hibis in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Archaeology of the City of Hibis." Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 196: 197 #19 [175-198].

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 1219", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1219
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