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Artefact ID1528
TM IDTM 372452
Findspot (DEChriM ID)10   (Amḥayda)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Trim. 2 834; O.Amheida inv. 15514: Tag 
This small fragment (2.6 × 2.0 cm) contains the name “Papnouthes son of Ammonios, grandson of Tithoes” on the concave side.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from275
Date to350
Dating criteria

Find context; the name Παπνούθης occurs in O.Trim. 2 502 as well. It is considered an 'anonymous' theophoric name in scholarship (see Depauw/Clarysse 2013), which became relatively popular in the 4th and 5th c.

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 168.

Accession number

Egypt, Amheida, American excavations 2008-2013, Inv. 15514

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. 264, No. 834.

Additional bibliography
• Depauw, Mark and Willy Clarysse. 2013. “How Christian was Fourth Century Egypt? Onomastic Perspectives on Conversion.” Vigiliae Christianae 67: 407-435.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1528", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1528
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