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Artefact ID516
TM IDTM 129676
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialWood
Writing mediumTablet
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

P. Cauderlier, Les tablettes à écrire (1992): 85, no. 203 (descr.): School texts.

Unedited wooden tablet (15 x 12 cm) containing mathematical exercises (multiplication) on recto and a prose text on verso. Characterized as 'Christian' without further detail but Cauderlier notes that the hand is similar to TM 31057 / LDAB 5333 (tablet from the 3rd c., Fayum)

Selection criteria-
Date from200
Date to400
Dating criteria

Dated to "Christian period" by Cauderlier. TM gives the 3/4th c. date.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown provenance.

Accession number

Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Collection Froehner VIII 139.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Unedited.

• Cauderlier, Patrice. 1992. Les Tablettes à écrire de l'Antiquité à l'époque moderne, ed. E. Lalou. Bibliologia 12, 85, no. 203 (descr.). 

Authors
Sofia Heim, Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Sofia Heim, Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 516", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/516
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