Artefact ID | 892 |
TM ID | TM 73933 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 1 (Dūš) | Class | Textual |
Material | Ceramic |
Writing medium | Ostracon |
Text content | Documentary |
Language | Greek |
Description | O.Douch IV 380: fragment of payment order. Order concerning 10 annona rations, signed by Abraam, perhaps the Abraam optio of O.Douch I 11; 22; 41; 61; 94 and 183. |
Selection criteria | Christian onomastics |
Date from | 375 |
Date to | 425 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography, content and archaeological context. O.Douch IV 358-390 are dated in the late 4th c. or early 5th c. in ed. pr. (Wagner 1999: viii); see also Carrié 2004: 263 who suggests that the core of the Dūš ostraca were written between 385 and 420. |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | Fort M 23 |
Accession number | Dūš, SCA storage, excavations IFAO 1985-1988 no. 85-138 |