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Artefact ID615
TM IDTM 34127
Findspot (DEChriM ID)2   (Šams al-Dīn)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageCoptic
Description

O.Chams el-Din 3; SB XX 14823: account.

Account drawn in the name of Iohannes, presenting one line of Coptic letters according to Wagner's edition (l. 4: reading and translation by G. Roquet) and listing artabs and matia of wheat, barley, cumin (in Coptic) and sesame.

Bagnall 1989: 343 notes that the whole text, despite Greek words, is actually Coptic although it is mostly printed in Greek letters in Wagner's edition.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics, Coptic language
Date from375
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography, use of Coptic.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

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

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, 45-46, no. 3.

Additional bibliography

• Bagnall, Roger. 1989. Review of G. Wagner, Les oasis d'Egypte. Bibliotheca Orientalis 46, p. 342-346.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 615", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/615
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