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Artefact ID1013
TM IDTM 34209
Findspot (DEChriM ID)36   (ʿAyn al-Wāqifa)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Waqfa 4: Payment order

Issued by Sarapammon and addressed to his beloved brother Pharsanis, instructing him to give to "brother Psilis ---" an unknown product on account of the 14th indiction.

This Pharsanis could be the same as the addressee of the Coptic letter O.Douch I 44 possibly a priest.

Selection criteriaChristian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from350
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography and connection with the Dūš ostraca, see O.Waqfa, p. 15.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Ouest de la maison A

Accession number

ʿAyn al-Wāqifa, excavations EAS 1986-1987, no. 2334-71

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Cuvigny, Hélène, Adel Hussein and Guy Wagner. 1993. Les Ostraca grecs d’Aïn Waqfa (Oasis de Kharga). Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale, Documents de Fouilles 30. Cairo: Ifao, no. 4 and pl. II.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1013", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1013
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