Gorgias Handbooks

1 primary work

The Ostraca of the Coptic Museum in Old Cairo, Egypt

by S Brown and Aida el-Sayed

Published 27 October 2009

The Ostraca of the Coptic Museum, written on pottery pieces, limestone flakes and wood, present the lives of ordinary people in their interactions with one another, and includes their economic and personal affairs. This volume is a catalog of the 1,127 ostraca in the museum.