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Artefact ID1472
TM IDTM 34167
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Bahria Div. 5; SB 20 14927: Fragment of a receipt 
Mention of the name Theodoros.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics, Archaeological context associated with Christian markers
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography; most Bahariya ostraca date from the 4th c. or Byzantine period. A small number can be placed in the 2nd or 3rd c.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Discovered by Ahmed Fakhry during the excavation of the brick buildings around the temple of Alexander the Great (published 1942), alongside O.Bahria and the ostraca assigned to the “Dossier of Sarmates” and “Dossier of Dorotheos son of Marinos” by Wagner 1987. Wagner had discovered an envelope labeled "Bahria Oasis” containing photographs of 68 Greek, Coptic and Arabic ostraca in the archives of A. Fakhry, deposited at the DAI Cairo after his death. Of the 32 Greek ostraca photographs, 16 ostraca including this one remained unassigned to either dossier, titled O.Bahria Div.

Accession number

Location unknown

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference edition
• Rupprecht, Hans-Albert. 1997. Sammelbuch Griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Zwanzigster Band. (Nr. 14069–15202). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 550, No. 14927.

Editio princeps
• Wagner, Guy. 1987. Les Oasis d’Égypte à l’Epoque Grecque, Romaine et Byzantine d’Après les Documents Grecs. (Recherches de Papyrologie et d’Epigraphie Grecques). Cairo: Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale du Caire. 106, O. Bahria Div. 5.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1472", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1472
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