Get Social With Us

4CARE-ARTEFACTS

ARTEFACT IDENTIFIERS

Artefact ID1390
TM IDTM 34321
Findspot (DEChriM ID)72   (Ǧazīrat Aswān)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Eleph.DAIK 313: Receipt in form of letter

Aur. Karour, son of Ioannes, from Elephantine, has received from Aur. Menas 20 silver talents.

Acc. to ed., "Christogram" [cross or staurogram] at the beginning of the receipt.

Selection criteriaChristian symbols/gestures/isopsephy
Date from300
Date to499
Dating criteria

Palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

Elephantine, excavations DAIK no. O. 345

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Wagner, Guy. 1998. Elephantine XIII: Les papyrus et les ostraca grecs d'Elephantine. Mainz, no. 313 (see the improved readings on the Elephantine Project DB site above).

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1390", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1390
Gallery