Artefact ID | 1046 |
TM ID | TM 34284 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 36 (ʿAyn al-Wāqifa) | Class | Textual |
Material | Ceramic |
Writing medium | Ostracon |
Text content | Documentary |
Language | Greek |
Description | O.Waqfa 79: Letter Abram signifer (Abraam) is writing to his brothers Apollon and Papnouthis, asking them to hurry and send donkey-loads of wood for the tribune of the cohort is coming up to Kysis/Dūš. Corrections in Bagnall 1997 (= BL XI 303). |
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 | Unknown |
Accession number | ʿAyn al-Wāqifa, excavations EAS 1989 no. 2786-6 |