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Artefact ID1046
TM IDTM 34284
Findspot (DEChriM ID)36   (ʿAyn al-Wāqifa)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
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 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

Unknown

Accession number

ʿAyn al-Wāqifa, excavations EAS 1989 no. 2786-6

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. 79 and pl. XV.

Additional bibliography

• Bagnall, Roger S. 1997. "232. O.Waqfa 79 ." Tyche 12, 246-247.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1046", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1046
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