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Ostacon bearing Coptic inscriptions on both sides

Ostacon bearing Coptic inscriptions on both sides
© BA Antiquities Museum/M. Aly and M. Magdy

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Registration Number(s)
BAAM Serial Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum Number 0923

Inv.Inventory
 (Coptic Museum) 4326

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Ostacon bearing Coptic inscriptions on both sides

Category:
Written documents, ostraca (ostraka)
Date:
Byzantine Period (395-641 CE)
Provenance:
Unknown
Material(s):
Rock, limestone
Length:
16.5 cm;
Width:
12.4 cm
Hall:
Byzantine Antiquities, showcase 20



The information given here is subject to modification/update as a result of ongoing research.

References
  • James Drescher, “A Widow's Petition”, Bulletin de la Société d'Archéologie Copte 10 (1944): 91-96, 2 pl.
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