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Artefact ID1049
TM IDTM 34233
Findspot (DEChriM ID)36   (ʿAyn al-Wāqifa)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Waqfa 28: Receipt

Payment of wheat made through the intermediary of Biktor son of Penos on behalf of "father" Chrestos. Signed by Apollon son of Magnos. For other attestations of a "father" Chrestos, see O.Waqfa 1.

Selection criteriaChristian 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

Ouest de la maison A

Accession number

ʿAyn al-Wāqifa, excavations EAS 1986-1987, no. 2327-64

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. 28 and pl. VI.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1049", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1049
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