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Artefact ID598
TM IDTM 957810
Findspot (DEChriM ID)19   (Biʾr Šawīš)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Archive/DossierArchive
Description

O.BirShawish 20: Receipt involving a tunic and cotton.

Left half of the receipt is lost, with the name of the issuer. Mention of someone, son or heirs of Timotheos, field-guard. The same Timotheos is also mentioned in O.BirShawish 22 and O.BirShawish 36.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from375
Date to425
Dating criteria

Palaeography, archaeological context (House 3) and possible archive connection (Abraham son of Jacob).

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 3, Room 2, SU 1

Accession number

El-Bawiti, Museum number unknown; Biʾr Šawīš, excavation no. 94/BS/07

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Dospěl, Marek. 2020. Ostraka and Other Inscribed Material from Bīr Shawīsh, Small Oasis. Excavation Seasons 2005 and 2007. Ann Arbor: The American Society of Papyrologists, 60-61, no. 20.

Authors
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021, "Artefact ID 598", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/598
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