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Artefact ID427
TM IDTM 74642
Findspot (DEChriM ID)12   (Ismant al-Ḫarāb)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Kellis 115: Account of tenant's matia.
Mention of a Petros.

Concave side inscribed.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics, Archaeological context associated with Christian markers
Date from200
Date to399
Dating criteria

The ed.pr. doesn't give any date but all other dated texts from the same context are dated 4th or 3rd / 4th c. (Worp 2004: 233-234)

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

From the West Church, Room 8, deposit 1 on 2.

Accession number

Kellis, excavations Dakleh Oasis Project 1986- no. #D/6/18; SCA #2255.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Worp, Klaas. 2004. Greek Ostraka from Kellis. Dakhleh Oasis Project: Monograph 13. Oxford, no 115: 106-107.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 427", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/427
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