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Artefact ID825
TM IDTM 34512
Findspot (DEChriM ID)1   (Dūš)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Archive/DossierDossier
Description

O.Douch II 170.8: Payment order.

Issued by Horos, diadochos, instructing Peteuris to provide Ioannes with 10 annona rations of bread.

This text is part of approx. 30 payment orders that were issued by the diadochos Horos and were found together, of which 16 were in a state to be published (O.Douch II 170.1-9-16 + O.Douch III 192). In two of them, the beneficiary is specified to be the optio Petros (170.11 and 170.15). The signature of Horos bears a distinctive feature in the form of the sigma. According to the editors, the diadochos would be an occasional substitute, perhaps of the optio Pachmounis here.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from350
Date to399
Dating criteria

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

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Temple, 1re Cour, sud-est de la colonne E

Accession number

Cairo, Egyptian Museum, number unknown; Dūš, excavations IFAO 1978-1979 no. 365/11.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Cuvigny, Hélène and Guy Wagner. 1988. Les ostraca grecs de Douch, vol. II. Documents de Fouilles 24/2. Cairo: Ifao, no. 170 and pl. XV.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 825", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/825
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