Artefact ID | 938 |
TM ID | TM 74064 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 1 (Dūš) | Class | Textual |
Material | Ceramic |
Writing medium | Ostracon |
Text content | Documentary |
Language | Greek, Coptic |
Description | O.Douch V 508 descr.: Private letter. The letter, sent by Pisistratos, starts in Greek with an address to "my beloved brother Sophonias"; the rest contains 11 unedited lines of Coptic. Sophonias is the name of one of the minor prophets in the Bible, rare in the documentation according to Wagner. |
Selection criteria | Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian onomastics, Coptic language |
Date from | 350 |
Date to | 399 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography, content and archaeological context (Wagner 2001: vi). |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | Secteur Nord-Est de la forteresse (Wagner 2001: v). |
Accession number | Dūš, SCA storage, excavations IFAO 1989 no. 89-19 |