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Artefact ID1491
TM IDTM 131345
Findspot (DEChriM ID)10   (Amḥayda)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Trim. 1 296; O.Amheida inv. 184: Letter 
The inscription on the fragment (3.5 x 4.2 cm) is strongly faded. Apart from the name Timotheos, nothing of the contents of the presumed letter can be distinguished.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from345
Date to370
Dating criteria

Find context

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Excavated at Amḥayda by the Dakhleh Oasis Project, season 2004–2007. Discovered in Area 2.1, Room 4, DSU 9, FN 23.

Accession number

Egypt, Amheida, American excavations 2004-2007, Inv. 0184

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. 180, No. 296.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1491", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1491
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