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Artefact ID608
TM IDTM 957826
Findspot (DEChriM ID)19   (Biʾr Šawīš)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Archive/DossierDossier
Description

O.BirShawish 35: Order for a chicken and eggs.
Theopemptos instructs Isak son of Elias to deliver one chicken and ten eggs to a colleague. A Theopemptos appears also in O.BirShawish 11.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from392
Date to408
Dating criteria

Palaeography and archaeological context (House 3) give a 375-425 range.

Payment is due for the 6th indiction, which could be year 392/393 or 407/408.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 3, Room 8, SU 1

Accession number

El-Bawiti, Museum number unknown; Biʾr Šawīš, excavation no. 83.8/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, 80-81, no. 35.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 608", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/608
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