Greek Ostraca from Abu Mina (O.AbuMina) / / Nikos Litinas.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Classics and Near East Studies 2000 - 2014
• VerfasserIn: Litinas, Nikos,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: Ancient Greek
• Series: Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete – Beihefte , 25
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (335 p.) :; 25 Taf.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; General Introduction. Abu Mina --; The Ostraca Archive --; THE TEXTS --; Texts --; Descripta --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110210385; 9783110636178; 9783110212129; 9783110209075
• ISSN: 1868-9337
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110210385
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Nikos Litinas.

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 to Greek papyrologists and to ancient historians.