A Coptic Ostracon

The language is Sahidic with certain northern tendencies, e. g.: BfNS for BNNF, ae8p for eATWp. The sixth letter of first line is plainly E but must have been intended for C. The eleventh and twelfth of second line though crowded are Mu. The fifteenth of second line may have been an i similar to A just preceding and to X of ib in last line. Yet space and visible remains suggest far more strongly oy. Either would be a possible reading. We have here either a Copt or an Arab with Arabic familiar name _stKJl Al-Mukari, the Camel-driver. The

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