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Artefact ID1041
TM IDTM 34265
Findspot (DEChriM ID)36   (ʿAyn al-Wāqifa)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Waqfa 60: Account

Account of wine and barley (or meat). The first entry is "for Ioannes", like O.Douch II 113.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from350
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography and connection with the Dūš ostraca, see O.Waqfa, p. 15

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Maison D, pièce 3

Accession number

ʿAyn al-Wāqifa, excavations EAS 1986-1987, no. 2391-128

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Cuvigny, Hélène, Adel Hussein and Guy Wagner. 1993. Les Ostraca grecs d’Aïn Waqfa (Oasis de Kharga). Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale, Documents de Fouilles 30. Cairo: Ifao, no. 60.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1041", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1041
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