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Artefact ID609
TM IDTM 957827
Findspot (DEChriM ID)19   (Biʾr Šawīš)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Archive/DossierArchive
Description

O.BirShawish 36: Order.

The tenant farmer Abraham son of Jacob, is instructed to deliver eggs to Timotheos the field-guard. The same Timotheos appears also in O.BirShawish 20 and O.BirShawish 22.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from375
Date to425
Dating criteria

Palaeography, archaeological context (House 3) and archive connection (Abraham son of Jacob).

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 3, Room 12, SU 1

Accession number

El-Bawiti, Museum number unknown; Biʾr Šawīš, excavation no. 16.8 & 16.16/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, 82, no. 36.

Authors
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021, "Artefact ID 609", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/609
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