Writing in Graeco-Roman Egypt
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Coptic Ostrakon
1st - 4th Century AD
Karanis, Egypt

Kelsey Museum
00.4719

The Coptic script was based on the Greek alphabet; it used all of the Greek characters plus six additional characters to represent Egyptian sounds. Like Greek or English, Coptic is written from left to right in horizontal lines.


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