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Artefact ID882
TM IDTM 34675
Findspot (DEChriM ID)1   (Dūš)
ClassTextual
MaterialWood
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Douch III 322: list of names

Three columns of names among which some are qualified as "Egyptian", meaning that the persons come from the Valley. Panoure and Psennesis are sons of Tagapi whose name, a personification of the love of god (Τα + ἀγάπη) only appears in Christian times. Also one Samouel(ios).

Written on acacia bark like O.Douch III 290 and 342.

Selection criteriaChristian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian 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, N 23, IX

Accession number

Dūš, SCA storage, excavations IFAO 1979-1981 no. 868.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Cuvigny, Hélène and Guy Wagner. 1992. Les ostraca grecs de Douch, vol. III. Documents de Fouilles 24/3. Cairo: Ifao, no. 322 and pl. XVII.

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 882", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/882
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