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Artefact ID912
TM IDTM 74011
Findspot (DEChriM ID)1   (Dūš)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Douch IV 458: Account in pounds (of meat).

Most of the names of the persons are lost, except for Paulos Auasites. About the ambiguous Auasites (anthroponym or ethnic), see Wagner 1987: 122-124 and 224.

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. 88-74 (4)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Wagner, Guy. 1999. Les ostraca grecs de Douch, vol. IV. Documents de Fouilles 24/4. Cairo: Ifao, no. 458 and pl. XVI.

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 912", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/912
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