Text 1283

Provenance
Figirantawu (Gendal Irqi)
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
village 5-X-1
Excavation no.
5-X-1/8
Present location
British Museum, London
Museum no.
EA79666
Medium
ostrakon
Technique
painted
Type of text
document: letter
Language
Coptic
Content
beginning of letter
Date
probably 900–1099
Notes
 
Material
ceramic
Object dimensions
H: 4; W: 10
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
4
Height of letters
 
Description
written on convex side
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; upper part preserved with complete upper margin and portions of side ones
Date
probably 900–1099
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
© The Trustees of the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA79666
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Ruffini 2010, p. 237 (no. 14), photo at <https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA79666>
Other editions
 
Other publications
Adams 2005, pp. 52, 184
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