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Artefact ID813
TM IDTM 34472
Findspot (DEChriM ID)1   (Dūš)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Archive/DossierDossier
Description

O.Douch II 137: Payment order.

Issued by lady Makaria instructing the epimeletes Biktor to provide Longinos with 24 annona rations of wheat.

This text is one of six payment orders (with O.Douch II 148, 149, 150, 151 and 152) issued by the landowner Makaria and addressed to the same epimeletes Biktor. About her, see Carrié 2004: 272.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from350
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography, content and dossier connections (lady Makaria), archaeological context (O.Waqfa, p. 15; O.Douch V, p. vi).

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Temple, 1re Cour, Est du contrefort 1.

Accession number

Cairo, Egyptian Museum, number unknown; Dūš, excavations IFAO 1978-1979 no. 235

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Cuvigny, Hélène and Guy Wagner. 1988. Les ostraca grecs de Douch, vol. II. Documents de Fouilles 24/2. Cairo: Ifao, no. 137 pl. XI.

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.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 813", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/813
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