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Artefact ID1495
TM IDTM 131085
Findspot (DEChriM ID)10   (Amḥayda)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Trim. 1 37; O.Amheida inv. 11635: Account of oil 
The ostracon (6.7 x 9 cm) lists names and volumes (in μάρια and χόες) in two columns on the convex side. Names mentioned are Psenamounios (actuarius, record-keeper of military provisions, see ed.pr.), Martyrios, Achilleus, Pamouris, Silvanus and Serapis.

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 14, DSU 194, FN 23.

Accession number

Egypt, Amheida, American excavations 2004-2007, Inv. 11635

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. 94, No. 37.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1495", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1495
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