4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1763
TM ID	TM 971659
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 10: Receipt for two chickens This ostracon (~9 x 8.8 cm) contains a receipt for two chickens paid by Tithoes, dated to the 10th indiction and signed by Timotheos. The mentioned location Pmoun Eskoel is known from O. Sabil 7 and O.Kellis 53. Most texts in the archive of Tithoes son of Pantonymos are receipts and orders to pay for chicken, oil and dates. The present document (alongside O. Sabil 5) identifies the central Tithoes of the archive as a διάκονος.
Selection criteria	Mention of Christian cult officials/institutions
Date from	350
Date to	399
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.
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 13/769/2010 (1)

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