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Artefact ID1319
TM IDTM 653474
Findspot (DEChriM ID)4   (ʿAyn al-Ṭurba)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Ain Turba 6: Account of bricks

Written on convex side; broken at upper left, lower left, and probably upper right.

Bagnall and Tallet 2015: Account of bricks delivered by one Jakobos – a biblical name that may be taken as evidence for Christianity in the area.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from325
Date to399
Dating criteria-
Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art X.608.6

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Bagnall, Roger S. and Tallet, Gaëlle. 2015. "Ostraka from Hibis in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Archaeology of the City of Hibis." Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 196, 175-198 (188-189, no. 6).

• Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael W. 2015. "School and Documentary Texts from Kharga Oasis at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York." Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 52, 27-38 (36-38 no. 6).

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1319", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1319
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