Artefact ID | 611 |
TM ID | TM 957841 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 19 (Biʾr Šawīš) | Class | Textual |
Material | Ceramic |
Writing medium | Ostracon |
Text content | Documentary |
Language | Greek |
Archive/Dossier | Archive |
Description | O.BirShawish 50: Uncertain text. Issued by the priest Papnouthis (see O.BirShawish 18) to the farmer Horion. |
Selection criteria | Mention of Christian cult officials/institutions, Christian onomastics |
Date from | 391 |
Date to | 406 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography, archaeological context (House 3) and archive connection (Abraham son of Jacob) give a 375-425 range. Dated to Epeiph of the 4th indiction, which could be either June or July 391 or 406. |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | House 3, Room 25, Context 1 |
Accession number | El-Bawiti, Museum number unknown; Biʾr Šawīš, excavation no. 297/BS/07 |