Amheida III. Roger S. Bagnall

      

      AMHEIDA III

      OSTRAKA FROM TRIMITHIS VOLUME 2

      GREEK TEXTS FROM THE 2008–2013 SEASONS

      AMHEIDA III

      OSTRAKA FROM TRIMITHIS VOLUME 2

      GREEK TEXTS FROM THE 2008–2013 SEASONS

      BY RODNEY AST AND ROGER S. BAGNALL

       with contributions by

       Clementina CaputoRaffaella Cribiore

      INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

      NYU PRESS

      NEW YORK

      2016

      © 2016 Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

      NYU Press

      ISBN 978-1-4798-5374-8

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Bagnall, Roger S.

      Ostraka from Trimithis / by Roger S. Bagnall and Giovanni R. Ruffini ; with contributions by Raffaella Cribiore and Günter Vittmann.

      v. cm. — (Amheida ; 1)

      Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

      Contents: v. 1. Texts from the 2004-2007 seasons.

      1. Ostraka—Egypt—Trimithis (Extinct city) 2. Inscriptions, Greek—Egypt—Trimithis (Extinct city) 3. Inscriptions, Egyptian—Egypt—Trimithis (Extinct city) 4. Written communication—Egypt—Trimithis (Extinct city) 5. Greek language—Texts. 6. Egyptian language—Texts. 7. Trimithis (Extinct city)—Social life and customs—Sources. 8. Trimithis (Extinct city)—Antiquities. 9. Amheida Site (Egypt) 10. Excavations (Archaeology)—Egypt—Amheida Site. I. Ruffini, Giovanni, 1974- II. Cribiore, Raffaella. III. Vittmann, Günther. IV. New York University. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. V. Title.

      PA3371.B34 2011

      487’.3—dc23

      2011041832

      Suggested citation for this volume:

      Rodney Ast & Roger S. Bagnall (eds.), with contributions from Clementina Caputo & Raffaella Cribiore. 2016. Amheida III: Ostraka from Trimithis, Vol. 2: Greek texts from the 2008–2013 Seasons. New York: New York University Press and Institute for the Study of the Ancient World.

      Design by Andrew Reinhard

      Printed in the United States

      CONTENTS

       Figures

       Note on Editorial Procedure

       Works Cited

       Preface

       PART I: INTRODUCTION

       1. Introduction

       2. Archaeological Contexts

       3. Ceramic Fabrics and Shapes Clementina Caputo

       4. Wells

       5. Tenants

       6. The Circle of Serenos

       7. The Hand of Serenos

       8. Government

       9. Shortened Personal Names

       10. Gena, Ploutogenes, and Louia: Traces of a Local Cult in the Dakhla Oasis?

       11. Autourg(os)

       PART II: TEXTS, TRANSLATIONS, AND COMMENTARIES

       1. Occupation Levels

       2. Dumped Material

       3. Mixed Material in DSU 60 and 93

       4. Material from Area 4

       Indexes

       Concordance

       Corrections to O.Trim. 1

      FIGURES

       1. Plan of Amheida.

       2. Plan of the House of Serenos (Building 1).

       3. Plan of the baths (Building 6).

       4. Body sherds embedded in a vault as building material (“chinking sherds”).

       5. Ostraka reused as chinking sherds in a dome covering a room.

       6. Tags still embedded in mud stopper.

       7. Transportation and storage vessels.

       8. Cooking vessels.

       9. Food consumption and serving vessels.

       10. Wine flasks from the Kharga Oasis.

       11. Diagnostic ostraka.

       12. Diagnostic ostraka.

       13. Diagnostic ostraka.

       14. Diagnostic ostraka.

       15. Circular lids reused as ostraka.

       16. Ostrakon reused as a lid: O.Trim. 1.60.

       17. Some Well Tags with Pmoun formula.

       18. Some Well Tags with Hydreuma-Pmoun formula.