Ostracon with lines of Coptic text — 7 on one side, 2 on the other; Coptic ostracon; unknown creator; ; 7th–8th century, Egypt; ostracon; height 9.7 cm, width 7.5 cm, depth 2.3 cm., A roughly triangular, irregularly shaped piece of light beige stone with a textured, pitted surface sits against a plain light gray background, showing several darker gray and black smudges and markings across its upper face, along with areas of shadowed recesses and a few smoother, flatter planes around its edges; the stone casts a soft shadow on the background and displays subtle variations of tan, cream, beige, light brown, gray, and black tones.
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Ostracon with lines of Coptic text — 7 on one side, 2 on the other; Coptic ostracon; unknown creator; ; 7th–8th century, Egypt; ostracon; height 9.7 cm, width 7.5 cm, depth 2.3 cm., A roughly triangular, irregularly shaped piece of light beige stone with a textured, pitted surface sits against a plain light gray background, showing several darker gray and black smudges and markings across its upper face, along with areas of shadowed recesses and a few smoother, flatter planes around its edges; the stone casts a soft shadow on the background and displays subtle variations of tan, cream, beige, light brown, gray, and black tones.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A19_386

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Ostracon lines Coptic text 7 side 2 Coptic ostracon unknown creator 7th–8th century Egypt ostracon height 9.7 cm width 7.5 cm depth 2.3 cm roughly triangular irregularly shaped piece light beige stone textured pitted surface sits plain light gray background showing several darker gray black smudges markings across upper face areas shadowed recesses smoother flatter planes edges stone casts soft shadow background displays subtle variations tan cream beige light brown gray black tones.

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