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Artefact ID1527
TM IDTM 372441
Findspot (DEChriM ID)10   (Amḥayda)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Trim. 2 823; O.Amheida inv. 14589: Account of barley 
The fragmented ostracon (3.2 × 5.3 cm) is broken off at the right (on the convex side), and contained writing on both sides, including the names Psais and Paulos (line 4 and 5) on the convex side.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from200
Date to399
Dating criteria

Find context

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Excavated at Amḥayda by the Dakhleh Oasis Project, season 2008–2013. Discovered in Area 4.1, AP 48, DSU 159, FN 9.

Accession number

Egypt, Amheida, American excavations 2008-2013, Inv. 14589

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. 259, No. 823.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1527", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1527
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