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Artefact ID802
TM IDTM 34442
Findspot (DEChriM ID)1   (Dūš)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Douch II 107: Payment order

Issued by Serenos instructing Peio to distribute 12 out of the landlord's 20 artabas of wheat kept at his place to Makarios.

About the general interpretation of this text, see Carrié 2004: 271.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from350
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography, content and dossier connections, archaeological context (O.Waqfa, p. 15; O.Douch V, p. vi; but Carrié 2004: 262-263 suggests 385-420).

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Temple, 1re Cour, ouest de I

Accession number

Cairo, Egyptian Museum, number unknown; Dūš, excavations IFAO 1978-1979 no. 145

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Cuvigny, Hélène and Guy Wagner. 1988. Les ostraca grecs de Douch, vol. II. Documents de Fouilles 24/2. Cairo: Ifao, no. 107 and pl. VI.

Additional bibliography

• Carrié, Jean-Michel. 2004. "Portarenses (douaniers), soldats et annones dans les archives de Douch, Oasis Major". In Mélanges d'antiquité tardive : studiola in honorem Noël Duval, edited by C. Balmelle, P. Chevalier et G. Ripoll. Turnhout, 261-274.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 802", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/802
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