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Artefact ID868
TM IDTM 34574
Findspot (DEChriM ID)1   (Dūš)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Douch III 218: Payment order.

Issued by Petechon, epimeletes of the camp in Hibis, instructing his lord son Olbios to provide Ioseph, princeps, 20 matia of wheat and 27 matia of barley, total 27 matia of sitokrithon. Dated 1st indiction.

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; See also Carrié 2004: 263, who suggests 385-420).

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

K 21, IV

Accession number

Dūš, SCA storage, excavations IFAO 1979-1981 no. 590.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Cuvigny, Hélène and Guy Wagner. 1992. Les ostraca grecs de Douch, vol. III. Documents de Fouilles 24/3. Cairo: Ifao, no. 218 and pl. V.

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 868", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/868
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