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Artefact ID1307
TM ID-
Findspot (DEChriM ID)11   (ʿAyn al-Ǧadīda)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Gedida 7: Receipt for chickens.

6 chickens delivered by Lucretius for the 11th indiction. Receipt signed by Timotheos.

Ed. note that this Timotheos could be the same as the one who signs the receipt O.Kellis 79.

Complete, text on convex side, parallel to the wheel marks.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from352
Date to383
Dating criteria

Palaeography and archaeological context

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Area B, room BA, DSU 14

Accession number

Excavations 2006-2008, inv. 25

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. 7, p. 522-523).

Authors
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021, 2023
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021, 2023, "Artefact ID 1307", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1307
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