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Ostraca and Postcards. Secrets in Private Letters Written on Ostraca from Egypt

Cilt: 6 15 Aralık 2020
  • Nikos Lıtınas
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Ostraca and Postcards. Secrets in Private Letters Written on Ostraca from Egypt

Öz

The inclusion of a secret sign as a clue which enables the recipient of a private letter to identify the sender was one of the ways of authentication. This is easily understandable when the sign is written on a folded and sealed papyrus. However, when the same type of authentication is written on ostraca, the secret sign becomes immediately visible and known to everybody, and, subsequently useless thereafter. In addition, the inclusion itself does not provide a secure way to prove that the ostracon was the original. For instance, some numbers (amounts of money) can be changed before the ostracon reaches the unsuspected recipient. This paper proposes that these or even other ostraca were put in containers in order to secure both the ostraca and the message.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Dilbilim

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yazarlar

Yayımlanma Tarihi

15 Aralık 2020

Gönderilme Tarihi

16 Nisan 2020

Kabul Tarihi

20 Haziran 2020

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2020 Cilt: 6

Kaynak Göster

APA
Lıtınas, N. (2020). Ostraca and Postcards. Secrets in Private Letters Written on Ostraca from Egypt. PHILIA, 6, 93-98. https://doi.org/10.36991/PHILIA.202008
AMA
1.Lıtınas N. Ostraca and Postcards. Secrets in Private Letters Written on Ostraca from Egypt. PHILIA. 2020;6:93-98. doi:10.36991/PHILIA.202008
Chicago
Lıtınas, Nikos. 2020. “Ostraca and Postcards. Secrets in Private Letters Written on Ostraca from Egypt”. PHILIA 6 (Aralık): 93-98. https://doi.org/10.36991/PHILIA.202008.
EndNote
Lıtınas N (01 Aralık 2020) Ostraca and Postcards. Secrets in Private Letters Written on Ostraca from Egypt. PHILIA 6 93–98.
IEEE
[1]N. Lıtınas, “Ostraca and Postcards. Secrets in Private Letters Written on Ostraca from Egypt”, PHILIA, c. 6, ss. 93–98, Ara. 2020, doi: 10.36991/PHILIA.202008.
ISNAD
Lıtınas, Nikos. “Ostraca and Postcards. Secrets in Private Letters Written on Ostraca from Egypt”. PHILIA 6 (01 Aralık 2020): 93-98. https://doi.org/10.36991/PHILIA.202008.
JAMA
1.Lıtınas N. Ostraca and Postcards. Secrets in Private Letters Written on Ostraca from Egypt. PHILIA. 2020;6:93–98.
MLA
Lıtınas, Nikos. “Ostraca and Postcards. Secrets in Private Letters Written on Ostraca from Egypt”. PHILIA, c. 6, Aralık 2020, ss. 93-98, doi:10.36991/PHILIA.202008.
Vancouver
1.Nikos Lıtınas. Ostraca and Postcards. Secrets in Private Letters Written on Ostraca from Egypt. PHILIA. 01 Aralık 2020;6:93-8. doi:10.36991/PHILIA.202008