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Artefact ID1529
TM IDTM 372456
Findspot (DEChriM ID)10   (Amḥayda)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Trim. 2 838; O.Amheida inv. 15539: Letter 
The ostracon (7.5 × 3.5 cm) is inscribed on both sides, missing the ends of the lines at the right. Perhaps the bottom was broken off. The convex side is addressed to Sarapion and mentions a son Dorotheos.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from350
Date to370
Dating criteria

Find context

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Excavated at Amḥayda by the Dakhleh Oasis Project, season 2008–2013. Discovered in Area 4.1, AP 48, DSU 173.

Accession number

Egypt, Amheida, American excavations 2008-2013, Inv. 15539

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. 267, No. 838.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1529", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1529
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