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Artefact ID605
TM IDTM 957820
Findspot (DEChriM ID)19   (Biʾr Šawīš)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Archive/DossierArchive
Description

O.BirShawish 29: Receipt

Issued by the pagarch Isak and addressed to the farmer Abraham son of Jacob. Same people in O.BirShawish 27.

A pagarch possibly named Isak appears in O.Dor. 5, possibly dated 407/408 (or 422/423).

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from398
Date to414
Dating criteria

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

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 3, Room 12, SU 2

Accession number

El-Bawiti, Museum number unknown; Biʾr Šawīš, excavation no. 44/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, 72-74, no. 29.

Authors
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021, "Artefact ID 605", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/605
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