Artefact ID | 1014 |
TM ID | TM 34210 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 36 (ʿAyn al-Wāqifa) | Class | Textual |
Material | Ceramic |
Writing medium | Ostracon |
Text content | Documentary |
Language | Greek |
Description | O.Waqfa 5: Payment order Issued by Biktor son of Petechon to his "beloved brother" Biktor the lesonis (mayor of the village), instructing him to give to "our brother" Myron wheat as payment due for the 13th indiction. Part of a series of 5 payment orders issued by Biktor son of Petechon to Biktor, Mayor of the village in O.Waqfa 5, Biktor Panes (the same?) in O.Waqfa 6, Psilis the priest, Alonis the farmer in O.Douch V 533, and Paapis the farmer in O.Douch V 552, every one of them being qualified as "beloved". |
Selection criteria | Christian terms/formulas/concepts |
Date from | 350 |
Date to | 399 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography and connection with the Dūš ostraca, see O.Waqfa, p. 15. |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | Maison D, pièce 3 |
Accession number | ʿAyn al-Wāqifa, excavations EAS 1986-1987, no. 2382-119 |