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Artefact ID1482
TM IDTM 131281
Findspot (DEChriM ID)10   (Amḥayda)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Trim. 1 232; O.Amheida inv. 11798: Tag 
The fragment (2.2 x 1.9 cm) contains the inscription ”Psenpnouthes son of Syrion” on the convex side.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from350
Date to370
Dating criteria

Find context; the name Ψενπνούθης figures in multiple other Amḥayda ostraca: O.Trim. 1 16, O.Trim. 1 204, O.Trim. 1 239, O.Trim. 1 323, O.Trim. 1 324, O.Trim. 2 478, O.Trim. 2 502, O.Trim. 2 573, O.Trim. 2 620, and O.Trim. 2 622. It is considered an 'anonymous' theophoric name in scholarship (see Depauw/Clarysse 2013). Psenpnouthes son of Syrion also appears in O.Trim. 1 239.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Excavated at Amḥayda by the Dakhleh Oasis Project, season 2004–2007. Discovered in Area 2.1, Room 11, DSU 165.

Accession number

Egypt, Amheida, American excavations 2004-2007, Inv. 11798

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Bagnall, Roger S. and Giovanni R. Ruffini. 2012. Amheida I: Ostraka from Trimithis. Volume 1: Texts from the 2004–2007 Seasons. New York: New York University Press and Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. 159-160, No. 232.

Additional bibliography
• Depauw, Mark and Willy Clarysse. 2013. “How Christian was Fourth Century Egypt? Onomastic Perspectives on Conversion.” Vigiliae Christianae 67: 407-435.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1482", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1482
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