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This volume presents 455 inscribed pottery fragments, or ostraka, found during NYU's excavations at Amheida in the western desert of Egypt. The majority date to the Late Roman period (3rd to 4th century AD), a time of rapid social change in Egypt and the ancient Mediterranean generally. Amheida was a small administrative center, and the full publication of these brief texts illuminates the role of writing in the daily lives of its inhabitants. The subjects covered by the Amheida ostraka include the distribution of food, the administration of wells, the commercial lives of inhabitants, their ed

Ostraka --- Inscriptions, Greek --- Inscriptions, Egyptian --- Written communication --- Greek language --- Egyptian language --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Ostraca --- Inscriptions grecques --- Inscriptions egyptiennes --- Communication ecrite --- Grec (Langue) --- Egyptien (Langue) --- Fouilles (Archeologie) --- Texts. --- Textes --- Trimithis (Extinct city) --- Amheida Site (Egypt) --- Trimithis (Ville ancienne) --- Amheida (Egypte : Site archeologique) --- Social life and customs --- Sources. --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Sources --- Inscriptions égyptiennes --- Communication écrite --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Amheida (Egypte : Site archéologique) --- Demotic inscriptions --- Egyptian inscriptions --- Hieratic inscriptions --- Hieroglyphic inscriptions (Egyptian) --- Inscriptions, Demotic --- Inscriptions, Hieratic --- Inscriptions, Hieroglyphic (Egyptian) --- Classical languages --- Indo-European languages --- Classical philology --- Greek philology --- Written discourse --- Written language --- Communication --- Discourse analysis --- Language and languages --- Visual communication --- Potsherds (Ostraka) --- Paleography --- Pottery --- Writing materials and instruments --- Greek inscriptions --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Archaeology --- Trimethis (Extinct city) --- Egypt --- Antiquities --- Antiquities.