Ostrakon from the Brethren (?) to John, 580–640, Made in Thebes, Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Pottery fragment with ink inscription

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Ostrakon from the Brethren (?) to John, 580–640, Made in Thebes, Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Pottery fragment with ink inscription, 4 7/16 × 3 3/8 × 1/2 in. ( × × cm), Ceramics, Ostraca Ostraca are texts written on broken pottery, which were employed when parchment was unavailable or too expensive. At Epiphanius a large number of ostraca were discovered in the monastery, including in its rubbish heaps; they record biblical verses, legal documents, sermons, financial accounts, school texts, and letters requesting assistance and prayers

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