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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

Ostraka --- Inscriptions, Greek --- Abū Mīnā (Extinct city) --- Greek inscriptions --- Ostraca --- Potsherds (Ostraka) --- Abu Mena (Extinct city) --- Abu Mina Saint Menas (Extinct city) --- Abu Mina (Extinct city) --- Abou Mena (Ville ancienne) --- Greek language --- Greek philology --- Paleography --- Pottery --- Writing materials and instruments --- Egypt --- Antiquities --- Inscriptions grecques --- Egypte --- History --- Sources. --- Histoire --- Sources --- Byzantine Egypt. --- Economy. --- Edition. --- Greek. --- Ostraca. --- Abou Mina (Égypte) --- Égypte --- Abu Mina (Extinct city)