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Artefact ID1494
TM IDTM 131374
Findspot (DEChriM ID)10   (Amḥayda)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Trim. 1 325; O.Amheida inv. 11814: Order for delivery 
The left part of the letter (7.8 x 8.6 cm) is faded on both sides. It mentions Samoun son on Makarios. The ed.pr. states that the name Samoun is attested and the Christian name Μακάριος is common at Kellis (see O.Trim. 1 27, where Makarios is presumed to be a Christian priest, presbyteros).

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from350
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 12, DSU 245, FN 177.

Accession number

Egypt, Amheida, American excavations 2004-2007, Inv. 11814

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. 195, No. 325.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1494", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1494
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