Artefact ID | 1237 |
TM ID | TM 97517 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 66 (Tall al-Ḥirr) | Class | Textual |
Material | Ceramic |
Writing medium | Ostracon |
Text content | Documentary |
Language | Greek |
Description | O.Tell el-Herr 1: List of guards List of 5 names, maybe soldiers, who apparently had to stand guard at one of the (minor?) gates of the camp. The list includes one Paulos and one Abraam [Abraham]. Other texts suggestive of Christianity from the same dossier are O.Tell el-Heir 2, 3 and 4. |
Selection criteria | Christian onomastics |
Date from | 300 |
Date to | 399 |
Dating criteria | Dated to 4th in ed. pr. (palaeography and onomastics). Note that archaeological finds suggest that the site had very little military activity after 360. |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | Found on October 24th 1992, in "secteur nord-ouest" (92.235 + 92.237) |
Accession number | Tell el-Herr, excavation no. 312 |