Ostraka in the Collection of New York University

by Gert Baetens

A comprehensive edition and commentary of 77 ostraka Ostraka in the Collection of New York University is a comprehensive edition and commentary of 77 ostraka, or potsherds with ancient texts written on them, from Greco-Roman and late antique Egypt. Seventy-two of these ostraca are housed in NYU Special Collections, originally purchased by Caspar Kraemer in 1932, then the chair of the NYU Classics Department. Although Kraemer advertised the imminent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479813796
• ISBN13: 9781479813797
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 1.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 11.0"