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Artefact ID614
TM IDTM 34126
Findspot (DEChriM ID)2   (Šams al-Dīn)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Chams el-Din 1; SB XX 14821: Receipt for wheat.

Papnouthis is acting as an intermediary in the delivery of geese feeding wheat, probably for the adjacent goose farm.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Found inside the church during the January-February 1976 excavations, on the ground floor, in the South corner of the choir.

Archaeologists found in the house directly adjacent to the western wall of the church a poultry pen that still contained a large number of poultry bones (Wagner  1987: 45).

Accession number

Unknown

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Wagner, Guy. 1987. Les oasis d'Egypte à l'époque grecque, romaine et byzantine d'après les documents grecs. Le Caire: Ifao, 44-45, no. 1.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 614", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/614
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