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Artefact ID885
TM IDTM 34692
Findspot (DEChriM ID)1   (Dūš)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Douch III 340: Payment order

Instruction to provide Makarios, Koptites, and Alektor with 40 sextarii of wine each.

Military men from Koptos could be Equites sagitarii indigenae or soldiers of the Legio I Valentiniana according to Wagner 1987: 385.

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, N 23, X, v

Accession number

Dūš, SCA storage, excavations IFAO 1979-1981 no. 918.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Cuvigny, Hélène and Guy Wagner. 1992. Les ostraca grecs de Douch, vol. III. Documents de Fouilles 24/3. Cairo: Ifao, no. 261 and pl. X.

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.

• Wagner, Guy. 1987. Les oasis d'Egypte à l'époque grecque, romaine et byzantine d'après les documents grecs. Le Caire: Ifao.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 885", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/885
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