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Artefact ID588
TM IDTM 957815
Findspot (DEChriM ID)19   (Biʾr Šawīš)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Archive/DossierArchive
Description

O.BirShawish 7: Receipt for wheat.
Mention of a landlord named Isak (see also O.BirShawish 15).

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from389
Date to404
Dating criteria

Palaeography, archaeological context (House 3) and archive connection (Abraham son of Jacob) give a range of 375-425.

The 2nd (?) indiction in the receipt might be either 389 or 404.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 3, Room 12, SU 1

Accession number

El-Bawiti, Museum number unknown; Biʾr Šawīš, excavation no. 16.10-11 & 16.17-18/BS/07

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Dospěl, Marek. 2020. Ostraka and Other Inscribed Material from Bīr Shawīsh, Small Oasis. Excavation Seasons 2005 and 2007. Ann Arbor: The American Society of Papyrologists, 40-42, no. 7.  

Authors
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021, "Artefact ID 588", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/588
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