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Artefact ID602
TM IDTM 957814
Findspot (DEChriM ID)19   (Biʾr Šawīš)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Archive/DossierArchive
Description

O.BirShawish 25: Receipt for a chicken and eggs.

The priest Joseph is acting as an intermediary for rent payment between the tenant farmer Abraham son of Jacob and the landlord Theon son of Alexandros. See also O.BirShawish 23.

Selection criteriaMention of Christian cult officials/institutions, Christian onomastics
Date from392
Date to407
Dating criteria

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

Receipt dated 3rd of the epagomenal days, 5th indiction which could be either 26 August 392 or 407.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 3, Room 12, SU 12

Accession number

El-Bawiti, Museum number unknown; Biʾr Šawīš, excavation no. 32/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, 67, no. 25.

Authors
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021, "Artefact ID 602", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/602
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