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Artefact ID1508
TM IDTM 131143
Findspot (DEChriM ID)10   (Amḥayda)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Trim. 1 95; O.Amheida inv. 11848: List of names 
The ostracon (5.6 x 4.5 cm) is complete but faded at the bottom left. The convex side contains the names Tithoes son of Timouth[…] (assumed to be a variant of Timotheos), Psenamounis and Ploutogenes son of Tithoes.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from275
Date to350
Dating criteria

Find context

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Excavated at Amḥayda by the Dakhleh Oasis Project, season 2004–2007. Discovered in Area 2.1, Room 10, DSU 191, FN 207.

Accession number

Egypt, Amheida, American excavations 2004-2007, Inv. 11848

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. 120, No. 95.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1508", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1508
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