Get Social With Us

4CARE-ARTEFACTS

ARTEFACT IDENTIFIERS

Artefact ID1015
TM IDTM 34211
Findspot (DEChriM ID)36   (ʿAyn al-Wāqifa)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Waqfa 6: Payment order

Issued by Biktor son of Petechon to his "beloved brother" Biktor Panes, instructing him to give Dios one artaba of barley. Dated 8th indiction.

Part of a series of 5 payment orders issued by Biktor son of Petechon to Biktor, Mayor of the village in O.Waqfa 5, Biktor Panes (the same?) in O.Waqfa 6, Psilis the priest, Alonis the farmer in O.Douch V 533, and Paapis the farmer in O.Douch V 552, every one of them being qualified as "beloved".

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. 2323-60

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. 6 and pl. II.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1015", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1015
External links
Gallery