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Author Litinas, Nikos

Title Greek Ostraca from Abu Mina
Published Berlin : Walter de Gruyter, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (385 pages)
Series Archiv fr Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete - Beihefte
Archiv fr Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete - Beihefte
Contents Frontmatter; Contents; Acknowledgements; General Introduction. Abu Mina; The Ostraca Archive; The Texts; Texts; Descripta; Backmatter
Summary The volume contains an edition of c. 1,300 ostraca excavated in Abu Mina, Egypt, under the directorship of Peter Grossmann. Most of these ostraca comprise a partially surviving record of the pickings of grapes and of wine deliveries in the first half of the seventh century AD, before the Arab conquest in 642. Also, a small number contains some Christian texts, writings on pots or flasks, designs and writing exercises. They provide information on the community, the economical and agricultural activities, the prosopography and onomastics of this pilgrimage centre. This volume will be of interest
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Subject Ostraka -- Egypt -- Abū Mīnā (Extinct city)
Inscriptions, Greek -- Egypt -- Abū Mīnā (Extinct city)
Inscriptions, Greek
Ostraka
SUBJECT Abū Mīnā (Extinct city) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94000102
Subject Egypt -- Abū Mīnā (Extinct city)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783110210385
311021038X