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Artefact ID764
TM IDTM 34358
Findspot (DEChriM ID)1   (Dūš)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Douch I 22: List of military men.

Including Abraam optio (also in O.Douch I 11, 1; 41, 2 and 183), Belles son of Theodoros, Isak son of Oualerios.

Abraam and Belles also mentioned in O.Douch I 26.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from350
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography, content and dossier connections, archaeological context (O.Douch, p. ix-x; O.Waqfa, p. 15; Carrié 2004: 262-263).

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Temple, "Vernus secteur III"

Accession number

Cairo, Coptic Museum; Dūš, excavations IFAO 1976 without inv. number.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Cuvigny, Hélène and Guy Wagner. 1986. Les ostraca grecs de Douch, vol. I. Documents de Fouilles 24/1. Cairo: Ifao, no. 22 (and pl. XXI in vol. II).

Additional bibliography

• Carrié, Jean-Michel. 2004. "Portarenses (douaniers), soldats et annones dans les archives de Douch, Oasis Major". In Mélanges d'antiquité tardive : studiola in honorem Noël Duval, edited by C. Balmelle, P. Chevalier et G. Ripoll. Turnhout, 261-274.

• Cuvigny, Hélène. 1988. "O.Douch I : Addenda et corrigenda." In Les ostraca grecs de Douch, vol. II. edited by H. Cuvigny and G. Wagner. Cairo: Ifao, 85-88.

• Gascou, Jean and Guy Wagner. 1978. "Les ostraca grecs de Douch", In "Douch - Rapport préliminaire de la campagne de fouilles 1976". BIFAO 78, 28-32.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 764", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/764
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