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
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
FIGURES
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.
9. Food consumption and serving vessels.
10. Wine flasks from the Kharga Oasis.
15. Circular lids reused as ostraka.
16. Ostrakon reused as a lid: O.Trim. 1.60.