Coptic Script About a Church Dispute

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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published on 07 September 2019
Coptic Script About a Church Dispute

This limestone fragment (ostracon) is written with a Coptic script about the dispute of the church father Kyrill. From Thebes, Egypt. Byzantine Period, 4th to 7th century CE. (The Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany).

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2019, September 07). Coptic Script About a Church Dispute. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/11157/

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