Ostrakine

Ostrakine

Ὀστρακίνη
Ras Straki راس ستركي
Ostrakine Ὀστρακίνη Ras Straki راس ستركي
City
	The ruins of a church in Ostrakine in 1978
	Ostrakine
	Coordinates: 31°7′17.6″N 33°25′27.69″E
Country	Egypt
Governorate	North Sinai

Ostrakine (Ancient Greek: Ὀστρακίνη, Latin: Ostracena, Coptic: ⲟⲥⲧⲣⲁⲕⲓⲛⲏ, ⲧⲣⲁⲕⲓⲛⲏ) was an ancient Egyptian city at a location that is known as Ras Straki (Arabic: راس ستركي) or Gazirat El-Felusiyat (Arabic: جزيرة الفلوسيات) today.[1]

The name of the Zaraniq Protected Area (Arabic: الزرانيق) is also derived from Ostrakine.[2]

Location

Ostrakine was located on the road between Alexandria and Gaza at Lake Bardawil, a saltwater lagoon near the Mediterranean coast of the northern Sinai.

History

Established as a harbour in the first century BC,[3] near Sirbonis, the longtime border between Egypt and Syria,[4] archaeological evidence suggests that Ostrakine was a centre of glass-making in the classical period.[5] A bishopric during the Byzantine period, there is evidence of three Byzantine churches,[6] and that the town remained important as a stop along the trade route in the early Muslim period.[7]

Tradition

Ostrakine has traditionally been thought to be the site of the tomb of the prophet Habakkuk[8] and the martyrdom of James the Less[9]

Madaba Map

Ostrakine is depicted on the Madaba Map

Notes

"4care-sites – 4care". Retrieved 2023-03-24.
Maspero, Jean; Wiet, Gaston (1919). "Materiaux pour servir à la Géographie de l'Égypte". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 53 (4): 230.
Oked, Sarit, "Patterns of the Transport Amphorae at Ostrakine During the 6th Century", ARAM Periodical Peeters Online Journal, 1996, Vol 8 No.1
Mooren, Léon, Lake Serbonis and Sabkhat Bardaawill, Peeters Publishers, p. 474
Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Sargalassos Archaeological Research Project, Glass as subject of study Archived 2010-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
Figueras, Pau, "The Road Linking Palestine and Egypt along the Sinai Coast, The Madaba Mosaic Map" Archived 2013-01-03 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 09-08-10
Horden, Peregrine and Purcell, Nicholas, The Corrupting Sea, a Study of Mediterranean history, Wiley-Blackwell p. 171
"Figueras". Archived from the original on 2013-01-03. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
A religious encyclopædia: or, Dictionary of Biblical, historical, doctrinal and practical theology, New York: 1910, Funk & Wagnalls, p. 1140

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[1] "4care-sites – 4care". Retrieved 2023-03-24.

[2] Maspero, Jean; Wiet, Gaston (1919). "Materiaux pour servir à la Géographie de l'Égypte". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 53 (4): 230.

[3] Oked, Sarit, "Patterns of the Transport Amphorae at Ostrakine During the 6th Century", ARAM Periodical Peeters Online Journal, 1996, Vol 8 No.1

[4] Mooren, Léon, Lake Serbonis and Sabkhat Bardaawill, Peeters Publishers, p. 474

[5] Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Sargalassos Archaeological Research Project, Glass as subject of study Archived 2010-08-22 at the Wayback Machine

[6] Figueras, Pau, "The Road Linking Palestine and Egypt along the Sinai Coast, The Madaba Mosaic Map" Archived 2013-01-03 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 09-08-10

[7] Horden, Peregrine and Purcell, Nicholas, The Corrupting Sea, a Study of Mediterranean history, Wiley-Blackwell p. 171

[8] "Figueras". Archived from the original on 2013-01-03. Retrieved 2013-01-17.

[9] A religious encyclopædia: or, Dictionary of Biblical, historical, doctrinal and practical theology, New York: 1910, Funk & Wagnalls, p. 1140