Artefact ID | 1354 |
TM ID | TM 74817 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 12 (Ismant al-Ḫarāb) | Class | Textual |
Material | Ceramic |
Writing medium | Ostracon |
Text content | Documentary |
Language | Greek |
Description | O.Kellis 287: Receipt for a chicken. Receipt for on chicken delivered by Tau son of Psais for indiction 11. Signed by Pisitratos. Below the name of the latter, some traces and what the ed. suggests to be a "(Christian) staurogram" (but noted as simple Greek cross in edition). No image of the text is given. Convex side inscribed parallel with the throwing marks. Vessel gulleh |
Selection criteria | Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy |
Date from | 323 |
Date to | 399 |
Dating criteria | Content and archaeological context: see Worp 2004: 226. |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | From the NW of the Main Temple, Room 13, deposit 3. |
Accession number | Kellis, excavations Dakleh Oasis Project 1986- no. #D/8/137; SCA#: not yet assigned. |