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Artefact ID1031
TM IDTM 34227
Findspot (DEChriM ID)36   (ʿAyn al-Wāqifa)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Waqfa 22: Receipt of payment for water use

Issued by Daniel, attesting that Poules paid the fees to use water from the Sycamore Spring.

Daniel is a priest in O.Douch III 196 and an intermediary in O.Douch V 511.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from350
Date to399
Dating criteria

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

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Maison D, pièce 3

Accession number

ʿAyn al-Wāqifa, excavations EAS 1986-1987, no. 2360-97

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. 22 and pl. V.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1031", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1031
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