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Artefact ID770
TM IDTM 34368
Findspot (DEChriM ID)1   (Dūš)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Douch I 33: Letter

Iakob Stel (or son of Stel--), tesserarius writes to Abraam to ask him to give back the purple he has received from him because he needs it.

Iakob Stel-- also in O.Douch II 153.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from350
Date to399
Dating criteria

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

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Temple, unknown (Cuvigny 1988: 87).

Accession number

Cairo, Coptic Museum; Dūš, excavations IFAO 1976 inv. 22

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Cuvigny, Hélène and Guy Wagner. 1986. Les ostraca grecs de Douch, vol. I. Documents de Fouilles 24/1. Cairo: Ifao, no. 33.

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 770", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/770
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