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Artefact ID423
TM IDTM 74617
Findspot (DEChriM ID)12   (Ismant al-Ḫarāb)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Kellis 93: Order for wheat.

Order sent by Timotheos to one Sir--, tenant, concerning 5 'local' matia of wheat to be given to Aurelius.

Text inscribed parallel to the throwing marks.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics, Archaeological context associated with Christian markers
Date from325
Date to399
Dating criteria

The text mentions indiction 14th, which would be year 325/326 or later (Worp 2004: 25 and 233).

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

West Church, Room 8, deposit 1 on 2.

Accession number

Kellis, excavations Dakleh Oasis Project 1986-, no. #D/6/21; SCA #2259.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Worp, Klaas. 2004. Greek Ostraka from Kellis. Dakhleh Oasis Project: Monograph 13. Oxford, no 93: 88.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 423", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/423
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