Artefact ID | 1478 |
TM ID | TM 131064 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 10 (Amḥayda) | Class | Textual |
Material | Ceramic |
Writing medium | Ostracon |
Text content | Documentary |
Language | Greek |
Description | O.Trim. 1 16; O.Amheida inv. 2067: Account of money |
Selection criteria | Christian onomastics |
Date from | 350 |
Date to | 370 |
Dating criteria | Find context; according to the ed.pr., the thousands of talents indicate dating the ostracon after 351. The name Ψενπνούθης figures in multiple other Amḥayda ostraca: O.Trim. 1 204, O.Trim. 1 232, O.Trim. 1 239, O.Trim. 1 323, O.Trim. 1 324, O.Trim. 2 478, O.Trim. 2 502, O.Trim. 2 573, O.Trim. 2 620, and O.Trim. 2 622. It is considered an 'anonymous' theophoric name in scholarship (see Depauw/Clarysse 2013). |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | Excavated at Amḥayda by the Dakhleh Oasis Project, season 2004–2007. Discovered in Area 2.1, Room 8, DSU 74, FN 7. |
Accession number | Egypt, Amheida, American excavations 2004-2007, Inv. 2067 |