| Artefact ID | 1514 |
| TM ID | TM 372120 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 10 (Amḥayda) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Ceramic |
| Writing medium | Ostracon |
| Text content | Documentary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | O.Trim. 2 502; O.Amheida inv. 16134: Memorandum for delivery of grain |
| Selection criteria | Christian onomastics |
| Date from | 350 |
| Date to | 370 |
| Dating criteria | Find context; the name Ψενπνούθης figures in multiple other Amḥayda ostraca: O.Trim. 1 16, 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. 2 573, O.Trim. 2 620, and O.Trim. 2 622. The name Παπνούθης occurs in O.Trim. 2 834 as well. Like Psenpnouthes, it is considered an 'anonymous' theophoric name in scholarship (see Depauw/Clarysse 2013), which became relatively popular in the 4th and 5th c. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Excavated at Amḥayda by the Dakhleh Oasis Project, season 2008–2013. Discovered in Area 2.3, B7, Room 7, DSU 83, FN 39. |
| Accession number | Egypt, Amheida, American excavations 2008-2013, Inv. 16134 |
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