| Artefact ID | 1764 |
| TM ID | TM 971674 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 13 (ʿAyn al-Sabīl) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Ceramic |
| Writing medium | Ostracon |
| Text content | Documentary |
| Language | Greek |
| Archive/Dossier | Archive |
| Description | O. Sabil 25: Receipt for epibole didrachmou This ostracon (9.8 x 4.8 cm) witnesses that the ἐπιβολῆς διδράχμου (line 2–3) has been paid by Besas and Elias ἀδελφός (line 2), signed by Psais for his friend Sarapion, a former praepositus pagi. Most texts in the archive of Tithoes son of Pantonymos (identified as a διάκονος in O. Sabil 5 and O. Sabil 10) are receipts and orders to pay for chicken, oil and dates. |
| Selection criteria | Christian onomastics |
| Date from | 350 |
| Date to | 399 |
| Dating criteria | Site dating; objects and coins found on site support dating the remains of ʿAyn al-Sabīl to the end of the 3rd and beginning of the 4th c. CE. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Discovered in the 2009–2011 excavations by the Islamic and Coptic Inspectorate of Antiquities for the Dakhla Oasis at ʿAyn al-Sabīl. Two archives were uncovered at the site, that of the deacon Tithoes son of Pantonymos (TM Arch ID 683) found in a house adjacent to a 4th c. church, and in the 2019 excavations that of Taa son of Pebos (TM Arch ID 684). |
| Accession number | Egypt, Ain el-Sabil, excavation number SCA 12/768/2010 (1) |
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