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Artefact ID943
TM IDTM 74098
Findspot (DEChriM ID)1   (Dūš)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Douch V 542: Payment order

Issued by Annoumeris, instructing the farmer Alexandros to provide Adam with the product of one plot of fodder. Dated 5th indiction.

The biblical name Adam is extremely rare in the documentation.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
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. 89-218.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Wagner, Guy. 2001. Les ostraca grecs de Douch, vol. V. Documents de Fouilles 24/5. Cairo: Ifao, no. 542 and pl. VII.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 943", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/943
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