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Artefact ID877
TM IDTM 34646
Findspot (DEChriM ID)1   (Dūš)
ClassTextual
MaterialWood
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Douch III 290: Private letter.

Fragment of a letter sent by Ioannes to Demetrios. Only initial salutations and mention of a sister are preserved.

Written on the internal side of a sheet made of acacia bark. Other texts on the same writing medium are O.Douch III 322 and 342.

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

Fort, O 22, IV

Accession number

Dūš, SCA storage, excavations IFAO 1979-1981 no. 747.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Cuvigny, Hélène and Guy Wagner. 1992. Les ostraca grecs de Douch, vol. III. Documents de Fouilles 24/3. Cairo: Ifao, no. 290 and pl. XIV.

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 877", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/877
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