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Artefact ID597
TM IDTM 154394
Findspot (DEChriM ID)19   (Biʾr Šawīš)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Archive/DossierArchive
Description

O.BirShawish 19: Receipt for cotton.
Issued by Hilaros and addressed to Abraham son of Jacob, tenant farmer of the lady landowner. The same Abraham appears as a tenant farmer of a female landowner also in O.BirShawish 22.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from375
Date to425
Dating criteria

Palaeography, archaeological context (House 3) and archive connection (Abraham son of Jacob).

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 3, Room 12, SU 12

Accession number

El-Bawiti, Museum number unknown; Biʾr Šawīš, excavation no. 45 & 244/BS/07.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference edition

• 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, 58-59, no. 19.

Editio princeps

• Dospěl, Marek. 2012. "New Texts from the al-Hayz Oasis – a Preliminary Teport." In Actes du 26e Congrès international de papyrologie (Genève, 16–21 août 2010), edited by P. Schubert. Geneva: Droz, 195-196.

Authors
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021, "Artefact ID 597", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/597
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