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Artefact ID1034
TM IDTM 34246
Findspot (DEChriM ID)36   (ʿAyn al-Wāqifa)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Waqfa 41: Receipt

Poules has distributed through the intermediary of the "beloved Chrestos, priest", seven matia of wheat. The name of the epimeletes and indiction are lost.

The detail of this document is unclear; Chrestos might be the same person as in O.Waqfa 28.

Selection criteriaMention of Christian cult officials/institutions, Christian 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

Maison D, pièce 3

Accession number

ʿAyn al-Wāqifa, excavations EAS 1986-1987, no. 2363-100

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. 41 and pl. VIII.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1034", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1034
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