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Artefact ID1497
TM IDTM 131089
Findspot (DEChriM ID)10   (Amḥayda)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Trim. 1 41; O.Amheida inv. 11655: Account of hay 
The ostracon (5 x 18.5 cm) inscribed on both sides lists the distribution of hay bundles to the following persons: Panoubas, Paulos son of Sarapas, Pastoou, Ammon son of Horos, Philammon, Sarapion son of Senamounis, Horos son of Sapion, Apollos, Sais son of Ammon, Para, Heron, Louiammon, Philoserpi, Ammon son of Tamoun, Kele, Longinus, and Sambation.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from358
Date to359
Dating criteria

The fragment is titled “Hay for to the 2nd indiction”, the ed.pr. dates it to 358/359.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Excavated at Amḥayda by the Dakhleh Oasis Project, season 2004–2007. Discovered in Area 2.1, Room 13, DSU 216, FN 74.

Accession number

Egypt, Amheida, American excavations 2004-2007, Inv. 11655

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Bagnall, Roger S. and Giovanni R. Ruffini. 2012. Amheida I: Ostraka from Trimithis. Volume 1: Texts from the 2004–2007 Seasons. New York: New York University Press and Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. 96-97, No. 41.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1497", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1497
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