BATN IHRIT A130

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Location

City

Batn Ahrit (Al Khawagat Previous) [بطن أهريت (الخواجات سابقاًً]

County

Ibshaway [إبشواي]

Region

Faiyum [الفيوم]

Country

Egypt

Ancient place

Theadelphia

Lat/Long/Alt

29.333 / 30.568 / 6.18 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

7948

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/7948

Hoard name

BATN IHRIT A130

Alternative names

THEADELPHIA II; Theadelphia 1902 B; Θεαδέλφεια, Batn el-Harit; Kharabet Ihrit

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1902

Total number of coins

Summary

33 Alexandrian tetradrachms and a fragment of a bronze-ring. Found in a wooden jar in the courtyard just in front of a door during excavations of a house. Ranking: Aurelian - Diocletian-Maximian I (AD 292-293).

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Archaeological site
Disposition

Münzkabinett, Berlin (in 1912)
Finder(s)

Rubensohn, Otto
Closing reign (earliest)

Diocletian (RIC V)
Terminal year (earliest)

292
Closing reign (latest)

Maximian (RIC V)
Terminal year (latest)

293
Opening year (earliest)

270
Opening year (latest)

275
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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Good

Date of excavation (from)

1902
Date of excavation (to)

1902
Site comment

In the House of Come (Rubble place). In the courtyard, the north-east corner, in a room enclosed by a small wall, several large storage jars were found, one of which contained a number of wooden spindles.
Associated features

Wooden spindles
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Rural

Context

Industrial building, Room

Containers belonging to this hoard

Wooden Bowl

Bowl-shape based on the sketch (Regling 1912, p. 117, n. 1)

References

Reference

Rubensohn, O. - 1905 - Aus griechisch-römischen Häusern des Fayum

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p. 11

Reference

Regling, K. - 1912 - Münzschatz aus Theadelphia

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p. 117-119

Reference

Christiansen, E. - 1985 - The Roman coins of Alexandria. An inventory of hoards

Ref

123, no. A 130

Reference

Noeske, H.-C. - 2006 - Münzfunde aus Ägypten II. Die griechisch-römischen Münzfunde aus dem Fayum

Ref

362-364

Hoard created by Th. Faucher (Aug. 2016). Updated by M. Spoerri (Jan. 2022). Updated by C. Gazdac (Apr.; May 2022). Updated by M. Spoerri (bibliography, May 2022).

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BATN IHRIT A130

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Wooden Bowl

Bowl-shape based on the sketch (Regling 1912, p. 117, n. 1)

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BATN IHRIT A130

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Wooden Bowl

Bowl-shape based on the sketch (Regling 1912, p. 117, n. 1)

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