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Artefact ID908
TM IDTM 74003
Findspot (DEChriM ID)1   (Dūš)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Douch IV 450: Payment order

Issued by Heron, instructing Papollo--  to provide Abream (Ἀβρηαμ) with annona rations of bread. Τhe name Abraam is also spelled Abream (Ἀβρεαμ) in O.Douch 17, 81, 267.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from350
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography, content and dossier connections (O.Douch IV, p. viii; O.Waqfa, p. 15; O.Douch V, p. vi; see also Carrié 2004: 262-263).

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unspecified

Accession number

Dūš, SCA storage, excavations IFAO 1985-1988 no. 88-47

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Wagner, Guy. 1999. Les ostraca grecs de Douch, vol. IV. Documents de Fouilles 24/4. Cairo: Ifao, no. 450 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 908", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/908
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