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Artefact ID1033
TM IDTM 34242
Findspot (DEChriM ID)36   (ʿAyn al-Wāqifa)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Waqfa 37: Receipt

Payment of 5 capita of straw on behalf of Makarios pronoetes through the intermediary of Biktor son of Pachoumis. The receipt is signed by the epimeletes Apollon.

The reading "Makarios" is not completely sure but if correct, he would be the same as in O.Waqfa 20.

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. 2368-105

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. 37 and pl. VIII.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1033", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1033
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