Artefact ID | 444 |
TM ID | TM 74686 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 12 (Ismant al-Ḫarāb) | Class | Textual |
Material | Ceramic |
Writing medium | Ostracon |
Text content | Documentary, Subliterary |
Language | Greek |
Description | O.Kellis 157: School exercises? The ostrakon is inscribed on both sides: on the convex side, a Greek alphabet, written down either for magical purposes or as a school exercise. On the concave side, in another hand (?), the name Makarios. |
Selection criteria | Christian onomastics |
Date from | 200 |
Date to | 399 |
Dating criteria | - |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | From Shrine II, Zone XXVI, deposit 3a |
Accession number | Kellis, excavations Dakleh Oasis Project 1986- no. #D/3/59; SCA #2445 |