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Artefact ID793
TM IDTM 34396
Findspot (DEChriM ID)1   (Dūš)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Archive/DossierDossier
Description

O.Douch II 61: Receipt

Receipt issued by Abraam, optio, and addressed to Agathemeros for the provision of 1 000 annona rations of bread.

The optio Abraam  is well known from O.Douch I 11; 22; 41; 94; 183, and also from a whole series of payment orders addressed to the same epimeletes Agathemeros in O.Douch V, see O.Douch V 561.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from350
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography, content and dossier connections (Abraam optio to Agathemeros epimeletes), archaeological context (O.Waqfa, p. 15; O.Douch V, p. vi; Carrié 2004: 262-263).

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Temple, 2e Cour, XI

Accession number

Cairo, Egyptian Museum, number unknown; Dūš, excavations IFAO 1978-1979 no. 29

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Cuvigny, Hélène and Guy Wagner. 1988. Les ostraca grecs de Douch, vol. II. Documents de Fouilles 24/2. Cairo: Ifao, no. 61 and pl. I.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 793", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/793
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