| Artefact ID | 140 |
| TM ID | TM 23804 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 21 (Qaṣr al-Miqīṣba) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Ceramic |
| Writing medium | Ostracon |
| Text content | Documentary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | O.Bahria 6; SB XX 14889: Payment order. Payment order in form of a letter sent by Herakleides to the monk (monachos) Plolos. The latter is instructed to provide the soldier Euphrantios with one wheat artaba. |
| Selection criteria | Mention of Christian cult officials/institutions |
| Date from | 374 |
| Date to | 375 |
| Dating criteria | The text mentions year 51, that is, according to the Oxyrhynchite era, the year 374/375 (see Wagner 1987: 87). |
| Absolute/relative date | Absolute date |
| Archaeological context | This ostracon is part of a lot uncovered by A. Fakhry during the excavation of the brick buildings around the temple of Alexander the Great (Fakhry 1950: 47 and pl. XXIXb, and Wagner 1987: 86). |
| Accession number | Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JdE IX 25/7/48/6 |
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