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Artefact ID941
TM IDTM 74089
Findspot (DEChriM ID)1   (Dūš)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Douch V 533: Payment order.

Issued by Biktor son of Petechon instructing his "beloved brother Alonis, farmer", to provide "father" Plotinos with the wheat (l. 3, but barley l. 5) due for the 13th indiction. Biktor son of Petechon is also the issuer of O.Douch V 552, O.Waqfa 5 and 6, all orders written in form of a letter starting with the Christian formula τῷ ἀγαπητῷ...

Selection criteriaChristian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from350
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography, content and archaeological context (Wagner 2001: vi).

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Secteur Nord-Est de la forteresse (Wagner 2001: v)

Accession number

Dūš, SCA storage, excavations IFAO 1989 no. 89-190

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Wagner, Guy. 2001. Les ostraca grecs de Douch, vol. V. Documents de Fouilles 24/5. Cairo: Ifao, no. 533 and pl. V.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 941", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/941
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