| Artefact ID | 1384 |
| TM ID | TM 30829 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 41 (Kūm Awšīm) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Ceramic |
| Writing medium | Ostracon |
| Text content | Documentary |
| Language | Greek, Coptic |
| Description | SB XIV 11458; O.Mich. I 694: Name tag One line only was written on this ostracon: the name Polyb (for Polybios) preceded by a simple cross. Letters are described as "large and clumsy" in a hand dated to late 3rd or early 4th c. in Youtie 1941: 456-457. He notes that the name could be complete as a characteristic Coptic treatment (omission of -ιος) of the Greek name Polybios. This name is not attested in Egypt later than 4th c. (TM Nam 5217) |
| Selection criteria | Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy |
| Date from | 275 |
| Date to | 350 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography (Youtie 1941: 457 n. 89) and onomastics [VS]. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Karanis, Excavations, House B168 [28-B168K-N]. |
| Accession number | Returned to Cairo. Previously: Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library O.Mich.inv. 9223 |
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