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oxyrhynchusnoun(ichthyology) a fish with a pointed snout
parchmentsnounMaterial, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.
manuscriptsnounA book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.
codicesnounA book bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll.
incunabulanounEarly printed books.
hieroglyphsnounAn element (individual sign or glyph) of a hieroglyphic writing system.
stelesnoun(archaeology) An upright (or formerly upright) slab containing engraved or painted decorations or inscriptions; a stela.
ugariticnounThe Northwest Semitic language of the ancient city of Ugarit in Syria. Extinct since 1100 B.C.E., it was written in cuneiform.
antiquitynounAncient times; faraway history; former ages.
faiencenounA type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic, used domestically for tableware and in architecture as a decorative material.
cuneiformnounAn ancient Mesopotamian writing system, adapted within several language families, originating as pictograms in Sumer around the 30th century BC, evolving into more abstract and characteristic wedge shapes formed by a blunt reed stylus on clayen tablets.
potsherdsnoun(often archaeology) A piece of ceramic from pottery, often found on an archaeological site.
epigraphicnounOf or pertaining to an epigraph or to epigraphy.
engravingsnounengraving
amphoranoun(chiefly historical) A large vessel, especially a thin-necked clay vat used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing and transporting wine and oil.
cartouchesnoun(Egyptology, hieroglyphs) An oval figure containing the characters of an important personal name, such as that of royal or divine people.
scrollsnoun(computing) The act of scrolling
genizahnoun(Jewish law) A depository where sacred Hebrew books or other sacred items that by Jewish law cannot be disposed of are kept before they can be properly buried in a cemetery.
artifactsnounAn object made or shaped by human hand or labor.
septuagintnoun(biblical) An influential Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible produced in Alexandria in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE.

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