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Artefact ID818
TM IDTM 34483
Findspot (DEChriM ID)1   (Dūš)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Archive/DossierDossier
Description

O.Douch II 148: Payment order.

One of the six payment orders issued by the landowner Makaria, instructing the epimeletes Biktor to provide annona rations to Makaris.

See also O.Douch II 137 and 149, 150, 151 and 152. About Makaria, see Carrié 2004: 272.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from350
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography, content and dossier connections (lady Makaria), archaeological context (O.Waqfa, p. 15; O.Douch V, p. vi).

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Temple, 1re Cour, nord du contrefort 4

Accession number

Cairo, Egyptian Museum, number unknown; Dūš, excavations IFAO 1978-1979 no. 254.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Cuvigny, Hélène and Guy Wagner. 1988. Les ostraca grecs de Douch, vol. II. Documents de Fouilles 24/2. Cairo: Ifao, no. 148 and pl. XII.

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 818", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/818
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