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Artefact ID599
TM IDTM 957811
Findspot (DEChriM ID)19   (Biʾr Šawīš)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Archive/DossierArchive
Description

O.BirShawish 21: Receipt for cotton and dates

Receipt issued by Isak and addressed to the farmer Abraham son of Jacob. The Isak here could be the pagarch from O.BirShawish 29.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from399
Date to415
Dating criteria

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

13th indiction could be either 399/400 or 414/415.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 3, Room 11E, SU 4

Accession number

El-Bawiti, Museum number unknown; Biʾr Šawīš, excavation no. 102.1/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, 62, no. 21.

Authors
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021, "Artefact ID 599", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/599
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