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Title: Ostrakon with a Letter from Pesenthius to Epiphanius
Date: 600
Geography: Made in Thebes, Byzantine Egypt
Culture: Coptic
Medium: Pottery fragment with ink inscription
Dimensions: 4 7/16 x 3 7/8 in. (11.2 x 9.8 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1914
Accession Number: 14.1.85
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