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Artefact ID1239
TM IDTM 97519
Findspot (DEChriM ID)66   (Tall al-Ḥirr)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Tell el-Herr 3: Account

Four lines of text with an account for annona mentioning the men Pihathres and Abraam [Abraham], dated Pauni 11.

For other texts suggestive of Christianity from the same dossier, see O.Tell el-Heir 1.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from300
Date to399
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 dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Found in 1988, "casernements est (88.271)".

Accession number

Tell el-Herr, excavation no. 158

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Wagner, Guy. 2000. Le camp romain du Bas-Empire à Tell el-Herr, ed. D. Valbelle, J.-Y. Carrez-Maratray. Paris, 146-151 (esp. 147, no. 3, with fig. 103).

Additional bibliography

• Verreth, Herbert. 2006. The Northern Sinai from the 7th century BC till the 7th century AD. A Guide to the Sources. 2 vol. Leuven (esp. vol. 1, p. 773-774, no. 6).

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1239", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1239
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