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Artefact ID444
TM IDTM 74686
Findspot (DEChriM ID)12   (Ismant al-Ḫarāb)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary, Subliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Kellis 157: School exercises?

The ostrakon is inscribed on both sides: on the convex side, a Greek alphabet, written down either for magical purposes or as a school exercise. On the concave side, in another hand (?), the name Makarios.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from200
Date to399
Dating criteria-
Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

From Shrine II, Zone XXVI, deposit 3a

Accession number

Kellis, excavations Dakleh Oasis Project 1986- no. #D/3/59; SCA #2445

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Worp, Klaas. 2004. Greek Ostraka from Kellis. Dakhleh Oasis Project: Monograph 13. Oxford, no 157: 136-137.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 444", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/444
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