Ostraka from Trimithis, Volume 3. Texts Mainly from the 2014 and 2015 Seasons (Amheida VIII)

Book cover with a fragment of a Greek inscription painted with red paint
  • by: Rodney Ast, Roger S. Bagnall, Clementina Caputo, Roberta Casagrande-Kim, Giovanni R. Ruffini, Günter Vittmann
  • contributors: Paola Davoli, Anna Lucille Boozer
  • Oct. 1, 2025
  • ISAW/NYUPress
  • ISBN: 9781479832811

Ostraka from Trimithis, Volume 3 presents 232 new or re-edited texts from the excavations conducted at the site of Amheida (Trimithis in the Roman period and Setwah in earlier times). In addition to the Greek texts, which are predominantly from the 2014 and 2015 field seasons, this volume includes editions of Demotic and Hieratic ostraka found between 2004 and 2015, as well as miscellaneous inscriptions and graffiti and the first detailed presentation of all ostraka that contain drawings. This book will be of interest primarily to specialists in papyrology, Egyptology, ancient religion, economy, and literacy.