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Artefact ID424
TM IDTM 74626
Findspot (DEChriM ID)12   (Ismant al-Ḫarāb)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Kellis 102: Account of transport animals.

Single continuous list of animals made available by people (among which one Psenpnouth-- and one Petros) to transport oil, crop, barley or dry figs to different places (Mesobe, "the camp", Mothis) or people.

The list starts on the convex side (6 lines) and carries on on the concave side (7 lines); black ink; both sides written parallel to the throwing marks.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from250
Date to399
Dating criteria-
Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

From the Main Temple, West Court, Zone XIX, Room a, deposit 1.

Accession number

Kellis, excavations Dakleh Oasis Project 1986- no. # D/1/144; SCA #2444.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Worp, Klaas. 2004. Greek Ostraka from Kellis. Dakhleh Oasis Project: Monograph 13. Oxford, no 102: 95-96.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 424", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/424
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