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Artefact ID1032
TM IDTM 34235
Findspot (DEChriM ID)36   (ʿAyn al-Wāqifa)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Waqfa 30: Receipt.

Payment of 10 baskets made on behalf of Makarios through the intermediary of Psennesis, summus (curator) of the Ala prima (or Ala Abasgorum). Other payments on behalf of Makarios in O.Waqfa 20 and 58.

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. 2364-101

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. 30 and pl. VI.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1032", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1032
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