Artefact ID | 1520 |
TM ID | TM 372240 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 10 (Amḥayda) | Class | Textual |
Material | Ceramic |
Writing medium | Ostracon |
Text content | Documentary |
Language | Greek |
Description | O.Trim. 2 622; O.Amheida inv. 14287: Well tag |
Selection criteria | Christian onomastics |
Date from | 275 |
Date to | 350 |
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. 2 502, O.Trim. 2 573, and O.Trim. 2 620. It is considered an 'anonymous' theophoric name in scholarship (see Depauw/Clarysse 2013). This particular Petosiris son of Psenpnouthes occurs again in O.Trim. 2 620. |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | Excavated at Amḥayda by the Dakhleh Oasis Project, season 2008–2013. Discovered in Area 2.1, S2, DSU 368, FN 158. |
Accession number | Egypt, Amheida, American excavations 2008-2013, Inv. 14287 |