Artefact ID | 1017 |
TM ID | TM 34219 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 36 (ʿAyn al-Wāqifa) | Class | Textual |
Material | Ceramic |
Writing medium | Ostracon |
Text content | Documentary |
Language | Greek |
Archive/Dossier | Dossier |
Description | O.Waqfa 14: Payment order Issued by Ioannes and addressed to Besas son of Poules, farmer, instructing him to give their brother Ioannes one measure of wine. As an issuer, Ioannes is only attested in O.Douch I 34, O.Waqfa 14 and O.Waqfa 19. According to the ed. pr. the handwriting of these three texts could be the same. |
Selection criteria | Christian onomastics |
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. 2375-112 |