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Artefact ID604
TM IDTM 957818
Findspot (DEChriM ID)19   (Biʾr Šawīš)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Archive/DossierArchive
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 criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from398
Date to413
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 dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 3, Room 11E, SU 3

Accession number

El-Bawiti, Museum number unknown; Biʾr Šawīš, excavation no. 81/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, 70-71, no. 27

Authors
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021, "Artefact ID 604", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/604
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