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Artefact ID780
TM IDTM 34393
Findspot (DEChriM ID)1   (Dūš)
ClassCooking/table/transport/storage ware, Textual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumUncertain, Dipinto, Ostracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Douch II 58: List of names.

Written on a vase, with two handles (33,5 cm high), a list of 15 names in two columns including Solomon (biblical name rare in Egypt), Isak, Mouses.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from350
Date to399
Dating criteria

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

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Sondage au nord de la forteresse

Accession number

Dūš, excavations IFAO 1978-1979 no. 72. Lost. 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Cuvigny, Hélène and Guy Wagner. 1988. Les ostraca grecs de Douch, vol. II. Documents de Fouilles 24/2. Cairo: Ifao, no. 58.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 780", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/780
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