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Artefact ID	1525
TM ID	TM 372437
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	10 (Amḥayda)
Class	Textual
Material	Ceramic
Writing medium	Ostracon
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	O.Trim. 2 819; O.Amheida inv. 13253: Account The ostracon (6.9 x 11.0 cm) lists the names Father Amm[onios], Zosimos, Kome[…], Zos[imos], Bake[…], Ammonios, Iakob, Athanasios, Philokyrios, Eutropios and Klaudios. According to the ed.pr., πατήρ is not used in any secular title known from this period (see Bagnall/Cribiore 2012, 409–416 for the possibility that this is an ecclesiastical or monastic title, like the Pachomian use of “father” of a monastery (μονή)). Father Ammonios appears in O.Amheida inv. 16596 (unpublished), again receiving wine, found with other material of B1’s occupation period; in that ostracon, the line preceding his name, namely wine given “for Sunday” (εἰς τὴν κυριακήν) increases the likelihood that this may be a monastic title. O.Kellis 120 also contains πατήρ as a title, however following the name Ἡλιόδωρος, not preceding it.
Selection criteria	Mention of Christian cult officials/institutions
Date from	300
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Find context
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Excavated at Amḥayda by the Dakhleh Oasis Project, season 2008–2013. Discovered in Area 4.1, DSU 123, FN 82.
Accession number	Egypt, Amḥayda, American excavations 2008-2013, Inv. 13253

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. 256-257, No. 819.

Additional bibliography
• Bagnall, Roger et al. 2015. An Oasis City. New York: ISAW/NYU Press. 134.

Authors

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022

Suggested citation

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1525", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1525

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