| Artefact ID | 894 |
| TM ID | TM 73937 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 1 (Dūš) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Ceramic |
| Writing medium | Ostracon |
| Text content | Documentary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | O.Douch IV 384: List of guards. List in 3 columns bearing the names of the "guardians of the gates of the great gate". First, the soldiers (stratiotai) and then civilians (paganoi). Among soldiers, some names are suggestive of Christianity, like the theophoric Papnouthes or biblical Esaï, whereas among the paganoi, there is one Samouel. Same names in O.Douch IV 385. Samouel is probably the same person as the Samouel son of Tnene in O.Douch III 349. About Kysis as a customs station, see Carrié 2014. |
| Selection criteria | Christian onomastics |
| 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. 85-162. |
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