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Artefact ID1050
TM IDTM 34282
Findspot (DEChriM ID)36   (ʿAyn al-Wāqifa)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek, Coptic
Description

O.Waqfa 77 descr.: Coptic letter

12 lines, unedited, very faint, starting with an address in Greek: "to my Lord --". The names of Pierios and Biktor Panos appear in l. 2 and 3. Biktor Panos is also in O.Waqfa 6 and 28.

Selection criteriaCoptic language
Date from350
Date to399
Dating criteria

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

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Ouest de la maison A

Accession number

ʿAyn al-Wāqifa, excavations EAS 1986-1987, no. 2334-72

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• 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. 77 descr.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1050", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1050
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