Greek ostraca from Abu Mina : (O.AbuMina) / edited by Nikos Litinas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Litinas, Nikos, Author.

Contributor:

Litinas, Nikos.

Series:

Archiv fur Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete. Beiheft ; 25.

Archiv fur Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete. Beiheft ; 25

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Ostraka--Egypt--Abu Mina (Extinct city).

Ostraka.

Inscriptions, Greek--Egypt--Abu Mina (Extinct city).

Inscriptions, Greek.

Abū Mīnā (Extinct city).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Walter De Gruyter, c2008.

Language Note:

In Greek, Ancient (to 1453).

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

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

General Introduction. Abu Mina

The Ostraca Archive

THE TEXTS

Texts

Descripta

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-331) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-39709-9

9786613397096

3-11-021038-X

OCLC:

476206337