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Artefact ID589
TM IDTM 957816
Findspot (DEChriM ID)19   (Biʾr Šawīš)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.BirShawish 8: Receipt for land-tax payment in wheat.
Receipt issued by Psenpnouthis (Ψενεπνοῦτις) and addressed to Herakleides.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from398
Date to413
Dating criteria

Palaeography and archaeological context (House 3).

Receipt dated 12 Epeiph, 11th indiction: 6 July 398 or 413

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 3, Room 11E, SU 5 (140 cm deep); 70 cm off the eastern wall, 130 cm off the northern wall

Accession number

El-Bawiti, Museum number unknown; Biʾr Šawīš excavation no. 216/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, 42-43, no. 8.

Authors
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021, "Artefact ID 589", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/589
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