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Artefact ID1513
TM IDTM 372111
Findspot (DEChriM ID)10   (Amḥayda)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Trim. 2 493; O.Amheida inv. 13090: Memorandum for delivery of barley 
The ostracon (7.7 × 5.8 cm) contains a complete text on the convex side: “Psais son of Pebos, 4 artabas of barley by the 1/22 measure (?) to Mothis, . . . to Trimithis for Theodoros”.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from350
Date to370
Dating criteria

Find context; potentially the same Theodoros as in O.Trim. 1 282 and O.Trim. 2 491.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Excavated at Amḥayda by the Dakhleh Oasis Project, season 2008–2013. Discovered in Area 2.1, Room 19C, DSU 297.

Accession number

Egypt, Amheida, American excavations 2008-2013, Inv. 13090

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• 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. 132, No. 493.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1513", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1513
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