Ostrakon from Maria and Susanna Jointly to Panachora, probably early 7th century

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Ostrakon from Maria and Susanna Jointly to Panachora, probably early 7th century, Made in Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Pottery fragment with ink inscription, 4 7/8 × 3 7/8 × 9/16 in. ( × × cm), Ceramics, 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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