| Artefact ID | 1240 |
| TM ID | TM 97520 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 66 (Tall al-Ḥirr) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Ceramic |
| Writing medium | Ostracon |
| Text content | Documentary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | O.Tell el-Herr 4: Content unclear Ostracon with 3 lines of text, the first one showing the Christian cryptogram ΧΜΓ with supralinear stroke; and the third one mentioning the Latin name Quintus for a man who was possibly a primicerius or superior (Greek reading prim/). The whole meaning of the text remains unclear. |
| Selection criteria | Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy |
| Date from | 350 |
| 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; however it seems highly unlikely that the cryptogram ΧΜΓ would be used before 350 – the earliest securely dated attestation in Egypt being in P.Kell. IV 86 [VS]. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Found in 1988 in "casernements est (niveau 149)". |
| Accession number | Tell el-Herr, without excavation no. |
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