Artefact ID | 889 |
TM ID | TM 73914 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 1 (Dūš) | Class | Textual |
Material | Ceramic |
Writing medium | Ostracon |
Text content | Documentary |
Language | Greek |
Description | O.Douch IV 361: Payment order Issued by Biktor son of Petechon, instructing "his beloved father Psilis, priest" to provide "father" Chrestos with one artaba of wheat for the 13th indiction. The priest Psilis is also mentioned in O.Waqfa 3, 2 where the issuer of the order shows him the same deference in the address. |
Selection criteria | Mention of Christian cult officials/institutions, Christian terms/formulas/concepts |
Date from | 375 |
Date to | 425 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography, content and archaeological context. O.Douch IV 358-390 are dated in the late 4th c. or early 5th c. in ed. pr. (Wagner 1999: viii); see also Carrié 2004: 263 who suggests that the core of the Dūš ostraca were written between 385 and 420. |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | Fort M 23 |
Accession number | Dūš, SCA storage, excavations IFAO 1985-1988 no. 85-14. |