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Artefact ID917
TM IDTM 74038
Findspot (DEChriM ID)1   (Dūš)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Douch IV 485: Payment order.

Issued by Theodoros instructing his lord brother Patechon to give Kames 1100 silver talents. Theodoros might be the same as the optio in O.Douch IV 391.and the issuer of the orders O.Waqfa 1; 12 and 49.

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

Unknown

Accession number

Dūš, SCA storage, excavations IFAO 1985-1988 no. 88-143 (1)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Wagner, Guy. 1999. Les ostraca grecs de Douch, vol. IV. Documents de Fouilles 24/4. Cairo: Ifao, no. 485 and pl. XXI.

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 917", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/917
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