Artefact ID | 745 |
TM ID | TM 34338 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 1 (Dūš) | Class | Textual |
Material | Ceramic |
Writing medium | Ostracon |
Text content | Documentary |
Language | Greek |
Description | O.Douch I 2: Private letter. Letter addressed by someone whose name is lost to his/her lord father Papnouthis, requesting help for "our brother Abraam" who is in awful poverty and needs food supplies. (Corrections in Cuvigny 1988: 85). |
Selection criteria | Christian onomastics |
Date from | 375 |
Date to | 425 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography, dossier connection (onomastics, monetary and metrological information, indictional dates) and archaeological context, see Cuvigny and Wagner 1986: ix-x and Carrié 2004: 262-263. |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | Unknown position (Cuvigny 1988: 85). |
Accession number | Cairo, Coptic Museum; Dūš, excavations IFAO 1976 without inv. number. |