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Artefact ID1306
TM ID-
Findspot (DEChriM ID)11   (ʿAyn al-Ǧadīda)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Gedida 6: Receipt for wheat.

Wheat delivered by Tou son of Psempnouthes for Pausanias. Signed by NN son of Pekysis.

Complete. Text on convex side, perpendicular to the wheel marks.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from358
Date to389
Dating criteria

Dated to the 2nd indiction.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Area B, room B1, BF8 (embedded in the plaster of a niche), FN 13

Accession number

Excavations 2006-2008, inv. 28.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Bagnall, Roger and Dzierzbicka, Dorota. 2018. "Ostraka and Graffiti." In Amheida IV. ‘Ain el-Gedida. 2006-2008 Excavations of a Late Antique Site in Egypt's Western Desert, N. Aravecchia. New York, 507-542 (no. 6, p. 521-522).

Authors
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021, 2023
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021, 2023, "Artefact ID 1306", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1306
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