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Artefact ID594
TM IDTM 957806
Findspot (DEChriM ID)19   (Biʾr Šawīš)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Archive/DossierArchive
Description

O.BirShawish 15: Receipt for oil.

Receipt for rent payment issued by Theon, priest, and addressed to the farmer Abraham son of Jacob (also in O.BirShawish 16). The landowner's name is Isak.

Semi-cursive hand, not very experienced

Selection criteriaMention of Christian cult officials/institutions, Christian onomastics
Date from397
Date to412
Dating criteria

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

Dated 25 Phaophi of the 11 indiction, which could be either 22 October 397 or 22 October 412.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 3, Room 12, SU 1

Accession number

El-Bawiti, Museum number unknown; Biʾr Šawīš, excavation no. 16.21/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, 52-53, no. 15.

Authors
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021, "Artefact ID 594", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/594
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