About the Artwork
Coptic Ostracon: Camel Contract
between 7th and 8th century
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Egyptian
Egyptian
Limestone and ink
Overall: 3 1/2 × 4 × 7/8 inches (8.9 × 10.2 × 2.2 cm)
Calligraphy
African Art
Founders Society Purchase, Acquisitions Fund
79.108
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Dr. Richard A. Parker (Providence, Rhode Island, USA)
1979-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Styka, W. M. Seven Coptic Ostraca. Brown University M.A. Thesis, Providence, 1971.
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Egyptian, Coptic Ostracon: Camel Contract, between 7th and 8th century, limestone and ink. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Acquisitions Fund, 79.108.
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