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Provenance
Meinarti
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
uncertain
Excavation no.
6-K-3/294
Present location
British Museum, London
Museum no.
EA82384
Medium
ostrakon
Technique
painted
Type of text
subliterary: magical
Language
Greek
Content
magical text with series of unintelligible words; at the end possibly subscription of scribe, Agapiti
Date
probably 1200–1399
Notes
 
Material
ceramic
Object dimensions
H: 8.6; W: ?
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
red
Text colour
black
Lines
8
Height of letters
 
Description
triangular ostrakon with inscription painted in black on convex side
Decorative elements
4 letters in lower left corner enclosed within a square
State of preservation
complete; obliterated
Date
probably 1200–1399
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_EA82384
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Ruffini 2012b, pp. 283–8 (no. 5), fig. 3
Other editions
 
Other publications
Adams 2002, p. 118 (wrongly designated as no. 249), pl. 38a; colour photo available at <https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA82384>
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