Egyptian clay tax receipt in Coptic

An image of Written document. Ostracon. Fragment of jar, inscribed in 13 lines of Coptic, in black ink. Coptic was an Egyptian language written in a Greek script with added characters. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Medinet Habu (?), Egypt. Ceramic, clay, depth 0.7 cm, length 8.1 cm, width 6.8 cm, approx 730.

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Written document. Ostracon. Fragment of jar, inscribed in 13 lines of Coptic, in black ink. Coptic was an Egyptian language written in a Greek script with added characters. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Medinet Habu (?), Egypt. Ceramic, clay, depth 0.7 cm, length 8.1 cm, width 6.8 cm, approx 730.

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Accession Number: E.GA.6377.1943
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Photographer name: Katie Young
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Fnumber: 27/1

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