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Artefact ID822
TM IDTM 34487
Findspot (DEChriM ID)1   (Dūš)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Archive/DossierDossier
Description

O.Douch II 152: Payment order.

One of the six payment orders issued by the landowner Makaria, instructing here the epimeletes Biktor to provide Abraam with 83 annona rations. See also O.Douch II 137 and O.Douch II 148, 149, 150 and 151.

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. 258.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Cuvigny, Hélène and Guy Wagner. 1988. Les ostraca grecs de Douch, vol. II. Documents de Fouilles 24/2. Cairo: Ifao, no. 152 and pl. XII.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 822", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/822
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