Artefact ID | 896 |
TM ID | TM 73939 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 1 (Dūš) | Class | Textual |
Material | Ceramic |
Writing medium | Ostracon |
Text content | Documentary |
Language | Greek |
Description | O.Douch IV 386: Payment order Issued by Chrestos, instructing Isokrates to provide Papnouthes kornir( ) with wine. Papnouthes cornicularius is beneficiary of a wheat payment in O.Douch V 610. |
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, en surface, déblais sud-est |
Accession number | Dūš, SCA storage, excavations IFAO 1985-1988 no. 85-312 |