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Clay tax receipt in Coptic
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.
Depth: .7 cm
Length: 8.1 cm
Width: 6.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, Robert Grenville, Major
Production date: approx AD 730
clay Ceramic
Accession number: E.GA.6377.1943
Primary reference Number: 59986
Oldadmincategory: P
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Clay tax receipt in Coptic" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/59986 Accessed: 2024-11-02 17:17:01
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