4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	600
TM ID	TM 957812
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	19 (Biʾr Šawīš)
Class	Textual
Material	Ceramic
Writing medium	Ostracon
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Archive/Dossier	Archive
Description	O.BirShawish 22: Receipt for a piglet. Receipt issued by the heirs of Timotheos, the field guard, for a piglet delivered by Abraham son of Jacob, farmer of the lady landowner. Timotheos, field-guard, is still alive in O.BirShawish 20 and O.BirShawish 36.
Selection criteria	Christian onomastics
Date from	402
Date to	417
Dating criteria	Palaeography, archaeological context (House 3) and archive connection (Abraham son of Jacob) give a range of 375-425. 24 Pachon of 15th indiction would be 19 May 402 or 417
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	House 3, Room 12, SU 2
Accession number	El-Bawiti, Museum number unknown; Biʾr Šawīš, excavation no. 43/BS/07

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