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Greek Ostraca from Abu Mina (O.AbuMina) / Nikos Litinas.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete – Beihefte ; 25Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (335 p.) : 25 TafContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110201185
  • 9783110210385
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 900
LOC classification:
  • PA3371 PA3371.A1 2008
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- General Introduction. Abu Mina -- The Ostraca Archive -- THE TEXTS -- Texts -- Descripta -- Backmatter
Summary: The volume contains an edition of c. 1,300 ostraca excavated in Abu Mina, Egypt, under the directorship of Peter Grossmann. Most of these ostraca comprise a partially surviving record of the pickings of grapes and of wine deliveries in the first half of the seventh century AD, before the Arab conquest in 642. Also, a small number contains some Christian texts, writings on pots or flasks, designs and writing exercises. They provide information on the community, the economical and agricultural activities, the prosopography and onomastics of this pilgrimage centre. This volume will be of interest to Greek papyrologists and to ancient historians.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9783110210385

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- General Introduction. Abu Mina -- The Ostraca Archive -- THE TEXTS -- Texts -- Descripta -- Backmatter

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The volume contains an edition of c. 1,300 ostraca excavated in Abu Mina, Egypt, under the directorship of Peter Grossmann. Most of these ostraca comprise a partially surviving record of the pickings of grapes and of wine deliveries in the first half of the seventh century AD, before the Arab conquest in 642. Also, a small number contains some Christian texts, writings on pots or flasks, designs and writing exercises. They provide information on the community, the economical and agricultural activities, the prosopography and onomastics of this pilgrimage centre. This volume will be of interest to Greek papyrologists and to ancient historians.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In Greek, Ancient (to 1453).

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Feb 2023)