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Artefact ID1386
TM IDTM 34728
Findspot (DEChriM ID)48   (Madīnat Hābū)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Leid. 349 A: Receipt for meat.

Receipt for 206 litres of meat, issued by Aristophanes, exaktor. Two crosses: one after the total amount at the end of l. 4, and one before the name of Aristophanes, at the beginning of l. 5.

Selection criteriaChristian symbols/gestures/isopsephy
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Content and palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Purchased through Insinger in 1897-1901. Comes from the Theban region according to Bagnall and Sijpestein 1980: v.

Accession number

Leiden, National Museum of Antiquities F 1901 / 1.136

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Bagnall, Roger S., Sijpesteijn, Pieter J. and Worp, Klaas A. 1980. Greek Ostraka: a Catalogue of the Greek Ostraka in the National Museum of Antiquities at Leiden, with a Chapter on the Greek Ostraka in the Papyrological Institute of the University of Leiden. Zutphen, no. 349 A (no image).

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1386", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1386
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