| Artefact ID | 604 |
| TM ID | TM 957818 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 19 (Biʾr Šawīš) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Ceramic |
| Writing medium | Ostracon |
| Text content | Documentary |
| Language | Greek |
| Archive/Dossier | Archive |
| Description | O.BirShawish 27: Receipt for a chicken and eggs Receipt issued by the pagarch Isak and addressed to the farmer Abraham son of Jacob. The pagarch Isak is also the issuer of the receipt O.BirShawish 29. Semi-cursive, fast hand. |
| Selection criteria | Christian onomastics |
| Date from | 398 |
| Date to | 413 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography, archaeological context (House 3) and archive connection (Abraham son of Jacob) give a range of 375-425. Dated 20 Phaophi of the 12th indiction, which could be 17 October 398 or 413. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | House 3, Room 11E, SU 3 |
| Accession number | El-Bawiti, Museum number unknown; Biʾr Šawīš, excavation no. 81/BS/07 |
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