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Artefact ID1310
TM ID-
Findspot (DEChriM ID)11   (ʿAyn al-Ǧadīda)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageCoptic
Description

O.Gedida 12: Uncertain text.

Broken at bottom, left and right. One line of probably Coptic text written in an unpracticed hand.

Text on concave side.

Selection criteriaCoptic language
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Archaeological context

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Area A, Room A25, clearance.

Accession number

Excavations 2006-2008, inv. 17

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Bagnall, Roger and Dzierzbicka, Dorota. 2018. "Ostraka and Graffiti." In Amheida IV. ‘Ain el-Gedida. 2006-2008 Excavations of a Late Antique Site in Egypt's Western Desert, N. Aravecchia. New York, 507-542 (no. 12, p. 528-529).

Authors
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021, 2023
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021, 2023, "Artefact ID 1310", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1310
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