4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1515
TM ID	TM 372150
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	10 (Amḥayda)
Class	Textual
Material	Ceramic
Writing medium	Ostracon
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	O.Trim. 2 532; O.Amheida inv. 16132: Letter of Theotimos to Makarios The letter from Theotimos to his “beloved son” Makarios (7.5 × 6.7 cm) written on the convex side of an ostracon contains the order to send one moion of chaff to the officiales Horion and Tithoes at Trimithis. The ed.pr. states that the Christian name Μακάριος is common at Kellis (see O.Trim. 1 27 and O.Trim. 1 325).
Selection criteria	Christian onomastics
Date from	362
Date to	362
Dating criteria	Dated Choiak 7, 6th indiction (3 December 362) in lines 6–7.
Absolute/relative date	Absolute date
Archaeological context	Excavated at Amḥayda by the Dakhleh Oasis Project, season 2008–2013. Discovered in Area 2.3, B7, Room 11, DSU 85, FN 46.
Accession number	Egypt, Amheida, American excavations 2008-2013, Inv. 16132

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