4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1512
TM ID	TM 372109
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	10 (Amḥayda)
Class	Textual
Material	Ceramic
Writing medium	Ostracon
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	O.Trim. 2 491; O.Amheida inv. 13085: Memorandum for grain delivered to the camp The complete ostracon (7.3 × 5.1 cm) contains writing on the convex side, reading: “Louichans, 4 1⁄2 artabas of sitokrithon [combined delivery of wheat and barley]. 3 artabas of barley; to the camp, 6 for Theodoros”. The name Louichans is attested for the first time here, formed from Loui and the god Chonsu. According to the ed.pr., the apostrophe after the name shows that it lacks Greek terminations.
Selection criteria	Christian onomastics
Date from	350
Date to	370
Dating criteria	Find context; potentially the same Theodoros as in O.Trim. 1 282 and O.Trim. 2 493.
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Excavated at Amḥayda by the Dakhleh Oasis Project, season 2008–2013. Discovered in Area 2.1, Room 19C, DSU 297, FN 19.
Accession number	Egypt, Amheida, American excavations 2008-2013, Inv. 13085

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