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Artefact ID1523
TM IDTM 372357
Findspot (DEChriM ID)10   (Amḥayda)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Trim. 2 739; O.Amheida inv. 14590: Memorandum for delivery of grain and wine 
The ostracon (6.9 × 6.7 cm) accounts for grain (in artabas and matia) and wine (in keramia). Individuals mentioned are Ammonios son of Horos, Theodoros and Horion.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from350
Date to375
Dating criteria

Find context

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Excavated at Amḥayda by the Dakhleh Oasis Project, season 2008–2013. Discovered in Area 2.2, B6, Room 29, DSU 31.

Accession number

Egypt, Amheida, American excavations 2008-2013, Inv. 14590

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Ast, Rodney and Roger S. Bagnall. 2016. Amheida III: Ostraka from Trimithis. Volume 2: Greek Texts from the 2008–2013 Seasons. New York: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World/NYU Press. 226, No. 739.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1523", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1523
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