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Artefact ID603
TM IDTM 957817
Findspot (DEChriM ID)19   (Biʾr Šawīš)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Archive/DossierDossier
Description

O.BirShawish 26: Receipt for a chicken and eggs.
Receipt issued by Elias and addressed to the priest Jacob for the account of one Hector.

Selection criteriaMention of Christian cult officials/institutions, Christian onomastics
Date from386
Date to402
Dating criteria

Palaeography and archaeological context (House 3) give a range of 375-425.

15th indiction could be either year 386/387 or 401/402

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 3, Room 11, SU 3

Accession number

El-Bawiti, Museum number unknown; Biʾr Šawīš, excavation no. 56/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, 69, no. 26.

Authors
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021, "Artefact ID 603", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/603
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