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Title: A Coptic Account of Pottery from the Kilns of Psabt (P.Lond.Copt. 1.695)
Author(s): WILFONG, Terry
Journal: Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists
Volume: 45    Date: 2008   
Pages: 247-259
DOI: 10.2143/BASP.45.0.3209364

Abstract :
A Coptic account of pottery fired in kilns from the sixth-eighth centuries (British Library Or. 4721 (16), partially published by W.E. Crum in 1905 as P.Lond.Copt. 1.695) is published here for the first time in a full edition, with discussion of the possibilities for its place of origin at Psabt. The amounts of pottery listed in the account (and a number in its cryptic docket) are discussed in relation to contemporary pottery and kiln sizes from archaeological sites in Egypt, and suggestions are made as to the relationship between the account’s contents and kiln capacities.

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