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Artefact ID1499
TM IDTM 131136
Findspot (DEChriM ID)10   (Amḥayda)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Trim. 1 88 + 441 + 444; O.Amheida inv. 11760 + 11752 + 11763: List of names 
Three joined fragments of a single ostracon, inscribed on convex side:
• O.Trim. 88, top left: 4.7 x 9.1 cm
• O.Trim. 441, below: 10.4 x 5.5 cm
• O.Trim. 444, top right: 6.8 x 6.5 cm; fragmented into 3 parts
Names legible are Antinoos, Heraklammon, another Heraklammon, Nikaon, Timotheos, another Timotheos, Sarapion, Hermammon, Mouses ἀδελφ(ος), Psais, and Ioulianos.

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 233, FN 148 [O.Trim. 1 88] / FN 149 [O.Trim. 1 441] / FN 142 [O.Trim. 1 444].

Accession number

Egypt, Amheida, American excavations 2004-2007, Inv. 11760+11752+11763

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference edition
• Ast, Rodney and Roger S. Bagnall. 2016. Amheida III: Ostraka from Trimithis. Volume 2: Greek Texts from the 2008–2013 Seasons. New York: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World/NYU Press. 290.

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. 117-118, No. 88; 225, No. 441; 226, No. 444.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1499", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1499