Ostracon

Description

Ostracon of limestone, inscribed recto with lines of Coptic, fading and eroded: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, 3rd - 6th century AD

Museum reference

A.1956.317

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Ostracon

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

3rd - 6th century

Style / Culture

Coptic Period, Ancient Egyptian
Roman Period, Ancient Egyptian
Byzantine Period, Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Limestone

Collection place(s)

Thebes, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Rhind, Alexander Henry, 1833 - 1863

References

Murray, M. A. CATALOGUE OF EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES EDINBURGH (Edinburgh 1900), p50, cat. 913

Crum, Walter E., SHORT TEXTS FROM COPTIC PAPYRI AND OSTRACA (Oxford 1921), cat. 262