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Artefact ID592
TM IDTM 957802
Findspot (DEChriM ID)19   (Biʾr Šawīš)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Archive/DossierDossier
Description

O.BirShawish 11: Receipt for wheat, barley and chicken.
Receipt issued by Theopompos and addressed to Isak son of Elias (same parties in the order O.BirShawish 35).

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from395
Date to411
Dating criteria

Palaeography and archaeological context (House 3) give a range of 375-425.

The 9th indiction in the receipt could be either 395/396 or 410/411

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 3, Room 8, SU 1.

Accession number

El-Bawiti, Museum number unknown; Biʾr Šawīš, excavation no. 83.6/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, 46-47, no. 11.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 592", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/592
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