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Artefact ID870
TM IDTM 34610
Findspot (DEChriM ID)1   (Dūš)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Douch III 254: Account of goat meat.

The beneficiaries receive from 3 to 7 pounds of meat by month. Among them, Psenpnouthes and Makarios

Experienced handwriting.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from360
Date to390
Dating criteria

Palaeography and price of the meat (l. 9 n: parallels with O.Douch I 54 and O.Douch III 223 intro).

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Desserte, corridor

Accession number

Dūš, SCA storage, excavations IFAO 1979-1981 no. 660.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Cuvigny, Hélène and Guy Wagner. 1992. Les ostraca grecs de Douch, vol. III. Documents de Fouilles 24/3. Cairo: Ifao, no. 254 and pl. X.

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 870", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/870
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