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Artefact ID1042
TM IDTM 34271
Findspot (DEChriM ID)36   (ʿAyn al-Wāqifa)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Waqfa 66: Account of cheese by artabas.

Among the beneficiaries, Mouses.

See correction of l. 1 in Bagnall 1997 (= BL XI 303).

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

Ouest de la maison A

Accession number

ʿAyn al-Wāqifa, excavations EAS 1986-1987, no. 2329-66

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. 66 and pl. XIII.

Additional bibliography

• Bagnall, Roger S. 1997. "233. O.Waqfa 66 ." Tyche 12, 247-248.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1042", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1042
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