04-12-2006, 02:44 PM
Except the tricks are simple and easy and widely circulated.
There's a whole industry to this, especially in Italy, which is forger's central.
The question is, how does someone profit from this ostraka? It could be an ego thing, but as I understand it, it was found in context, which is why they think it is a joke from a colleague/student.
Travis
There's a whole industry to this, especially in Italy, which is forger's central.
The question is, how does someone profit from this ostraka? It could be an ego thing, but as I understand it, it was found in context, which is why they think it is a joke from a colleague/student.
Travis
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