Ostraka in the Collection of New York University
Gert Baetens, "Ostraka in the Collection of New York University "
English | ISBN: 1479813796 | 2022 | 164 pages | EPUB | 28 MB
English | ISBN: 1479813796 | 2022 | 164 pages | EPUB | 28 MB
A comprehensive edition and commentary of 77 ostraka
Ostraka in the Collection of New York University is a comprehensive edition and commentary of 77 ostraka, or potsherds with ancient texts written on them, from Greco-Roman and late antique Egypt. Seventy-two of these ostraca are housed in NYU Special Collections, originally purchased by Caspar Kraemer in 1932, then the chair of the NYU Classics Department. Although Kraemer advertised the imminent publication of the texts in 1934 and later collaborated with the famed papyrologist Herbert Youtie, neither completed the project. The ostraka in this small collection span the 2nd century BCE to the 8th century CE and include both Greek and Coptic texts. The majority, however, form a coherent dossier of tax receipts related to mortuary activities in Upper Egypt during the reign of Augustus (texts 7-70, dated from roughly the last quarter of the 1st century BCE to 12 CE). The five ostraka published in this volume
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