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Artefact ID856
TM ID-
Findspot (DEChriM ID)1   (Dūš)
ClassCooking/table/transport/storage ware, Textual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Douch II, p. 88

Series of about ten inscriptions on a siqa shoulder: a crux ansata followed by the name Plotinos (described in Cuvigny 1988: 88).

Selection criteriaChristian symbols/gestures/isopsephy
Date from350
Date to399
Dating criteria

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

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

"Vernus secteur porte"

Accession number

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

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• 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 and pl. XXII.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 856", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/856
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