I discuss two near-identical passages preserved on ostraca from the Eastern Desert (O.Claud. 1.141, ll. 1–4 and O.Claud. 1.142, ll. 1–3). Although they seem to provide an insight into how speakers of Greek in the first centuri-es AD perceived the relationship between finite and non-finite clauses, their interpretation turns out to be an intricate task. This is because the authors of most texts from the area were L2 speakers of Greek (Leiwo, ‘L2 Greek in Ro-man Egypt’). Based on the concept of authenticity (Joseph, ‘Textual Authen-ticity: Evidence from Medieval Greek’), I nonetheless argue that the passages in question reflect the wider processes that took place in Koine, resulting in the use of the perfect infinitive to convey anteriority in the infinitive clauses dependent on verbs of saying and thinking.

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10.4312/keria.25.2.157-174

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Kavčič, Jerneja (2023). Avtentičnost in jezikovni stik na zapisih iz Vzhodne puščave (O. Claud. 1.141 in 142). Keria (Ljubljana), volume 25, issue 2, str. 157-174. URN:NBN:SI:doc-X4ZGHB3Z from http://www.dlib.si

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Kavčič, Jerneja. "Avtentičnost in jezikovni stik na zapisih iz Vzhodne puščave (O. Claud. 1.141 in 142)." Keria (Ljubljana) volume 25. issue 2 (2023) str. 157-174.
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