Artefact ID | 602 |
TM ID | TM 957814 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 19 (Biʾr Šawīš) | Class | Textual |
Material | Ceramic |
Writing medium | Ostracon |
Text content | Documentary |
Language | Greek |
Archive/Dossier | Archive |
Description | O.BirShawish 25: Receipt for a chicken and eggs. The priest Joseph is acting as an intermediary for rent payment between the tenant farmer Abraham son of Jacob and the landlord Theon son of Alexandros. See also O.BirShawish 23. |
Selection criteria | Mention of Christian cult officials/institutions, Christian onomastics |
Date from | 392 |
Date to | 407 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography, archaeological context (House 3) and archive connection (Abraham son of Jacob) give a range of 375-425. Receipt dated 3rd of the epagomenal days, 5th indiction which could be either 26 August 392 or 407. |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | House 3, Room 12, SU 12 |
Accession number | El-Bawiti, Museum number unknown; Biʾr Šawīš, excavation no. 32/BS/07 |