Artefact ID | 615 |
TM ID | TM 34127 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 2 (Šams al-Dīn) | Class | Textual |
Material | Ceramic |
Writing medium | Ostracon |
Text content | Documentary |
Language | Coptic |
Description | O.Chams el-Din 3; SB XX 14823: account. Account drawn in the name of Iohannes, presenting one line of Coptic letters according to Wagner's edition (l. 4: reading and translation by G. Roquet) and listing artabs and matia of wheat, barley, cumin (in Coptic) and sesame. Bagnall 1989: 343 notes that the whole text, despite Greek words, is actually Coptic although it is mostly printed in Greek letters in Wagner's edition. |
Selection criteria | Christian onomastics, Coptic language |
Date from | 375 |
Date to | 399 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography, use of Coptic. |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | Found inside the church during the January-February 1976 excavations, on the ground floor, in the corner of the South transept. |
Accession number | Unknown. |