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Artefact ID1484
TM IDTM 131288
Findspot (DEChriM ID)10   (Amḥayda)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Trim. 1 239; O.Amheida inv. 11819: Tag 
The fragment (1.9 x 1.8 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. 1 232, 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. 1 232.

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 235, FN 175.

Accession number

Egypt, Amheida, American excavations 2004-2007, Inv. 11819

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. 161, No. 239.

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 1484", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1484
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