| Artefact ID | 1762 |
| TM ID | TM 971654 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 13 (ʿAyn al-Sabīl) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Ceramic |
| Writing medium | Ostracon |
| Text content | Documentary |
| Language | Greek |
| Archive/Dossier | Archive |
| Description | O. Sabil 5: Receipt for two chickens |
| Selection criteria | Mention of Christian cult officials/institutions |
| Date from | 317 |
| Date to | 363 |
| Dating criteria | Site dating; objects and coins found on site support dating the remains of ʿAyn al-Sabīl to the end of the 3rd and beginning of the 4th c. CE. The dating to a 6th indiction prompts the ed.pr. to propose the years 317/318, 332/333, 347/348, or 362/363, with the last being considered the most likely. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Discovered in the 2009–2011 excavations by the Islamic and Coptic Inspectorate of Antiquities for the Dakhla Oasis at ʿAyn al-Sabīl. Two archives were uncovered at the site, that of the deacon Tithoes son of Pantonymos (TM Arch ID 683) found in a house adjacent to a 4th c. church, and in the 2019 excavations that of Taa son of Pebos (TM Arch ID 684). |
| Accession number | Egypt, Ain el-Sabil, excavation number SCA 5/728/2009 |
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