Over 13,000 Ostraca from Ptolemaic, Greek, Coptic & Islamic eras discovered in Sohag’s Sheikh Hamad

A German-Egyptian mission at Al-Sheikh Hamad archaeological site in Tel Atribis in Sohag has unearthed a collection of 13,000 ostraca (clay vessel fragments) which bear engraved text in demotic, hieratic, Coptic, Greek and Arabic, the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism said on Wednesday.

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